Editing Rockall (section)

== Shipping disasters ==
[[File:IMRAY(1884) p0231 ROCKALL.jpg|thumb|ROCKALL – Nautical chart – Atlantic Sea Pilot, 1884]]
There have been various disasters on the neighbouring [[Hasselwood Rock]] and [[Helen's Reef]] (the latter having been named in 1830).

* 1686&nbsp;– a Spanish, French or Spanish-French ship ran aground around Rockall. Several men of the crew, Spanish and French, were able to reach [[St. Kilda, Scotland|St. Kilda]] in a [[pinnace (ship's boat)|pinnace]] and saved their lives. Some details of this event were recounted by [[Martin Martin]] in his ''A late voyage to St Kilda'', published in 1698.<ref name="Martin" /> The ship was perhaps a fishing vessel based in the [[Bay of Biscay]] and bound for North Atlantic [[cod]] fisheries.
* 1812&nbsp;– a survey vessel ''Leonidas'' foundered on Helen's Reef.
* 1824&nbsp;– [[Brigantine]] ''Helen'' of [[Dundee]], bound for [[Quebec City|Quebec]], foundered on Helen's Reef with fatalities.
* 1904&nbsp;– Danish ship [[SS Norge|SS ''Norge'']] foundered on Hasselwood Rock with the loss of more than 635 of its 750 passengers. This led to a proposal by [[David Alan Stevenson|D. & C. Stevenson]] for an unattended lightship to be moored close to the rock.<ref name="arch2"/>