Rockall

Rockall is a small, rocky islet in the North Atlantic but is probably better known as one of the British Sea Areas named in the Shipping Forecast broadcast on BBC Radio 4. The status of the surrounding ocean floor is disputed between the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Denmark (for the Faroe Islands), and Iceland.

Disasters

There have been disasters on the neighbouring Hasselwood Rock and Helen's Reef (Helen's Reef was not named until 1830)

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• 1686 — a Spanish merchant ship, bound for the New World "ran on the rocks" on 22 August 1686; 250 people lost their lives.
• 1812 — Survey Vessel LEONIDAS foundered on Helen's Reef
• 1824 — Brigantine HELEN of Dundee, bound for Quebec, foundered at Hasselwood Rock; "the crew left most of the passengers to drown, including seven women and six children".
• 1904 — Steamer NORGE, 3,318 tons with 700 emigrants from Copenhagen to New York on 28 June; 517 lost

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• 1984 - Jack (John) Lavelle was lost overboard from the yacht Helen, while returning from Rockall. http://archives.tcm.ie/westernpeople/1998/05/27/News.htm#anchor190196