This record comprises a documentary reference to a shipping casualty which has been assigned to the maritime named location WEST HOYLE BANK pending more information which may allow a more precise location for the loss to be assigned.

Event and Historical Information:
The RED ROVER was an 89gt wooden schooner built at Aberdeen in 1829. At time of loss on 12 October 1858, the vessel was under the command of J Louden and carrying a cargo of iron ore. The schooner ran onto on the West Hoyle Bank and became stranded in northwesterly force 8 gale.

Sources include:
Board of Trade Wreck Return 1858 Table 19 pg19 (577)
Larn and Larn Shipwreck Database 2002
Lloyds Register of British and Foreign Shipping, 1 July 1852 - 30 June 1853, number 118 in R

Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, February 2010.