Fishing boat Kilda missing off Isle of Lewis; one crew member found dead, two missing

Titles and summaries are AI-extracted from news reporting; every source is linked below. Event id 07c365ba-9996-4ba8-85c6-95cd656d8440.

Where: Isle of Lewisresolved to locality58.493, -6.229
When: Occurrence date not stated by reportingFirst reported 2026-10-14 · last update 2026-10-16
Sourcing: 19 reports19 reports across 13 outlets · independence not established
How far this got: localizednamed facility unresolvedThis signal has no sensor recommendation, so there is nothing specific to look for.

Summary

A fishing boat named Kilda with three crew members went missing near Port of Ness off the north coast of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides on Tuesday night, with emergency services notified around 11:35pm when the vessel failed to return to port. The body of 49-year-old Douglas Craigie was recovered at approximately 2:45am on Wednesday. Two crew members remain missing: 40-year-old Norman Murray and 23-year-old Murdo Morrison. The vessel itself has not been located. A multi-agency search and rescue operation involving Police Scotland, HM Coastguard, the RNLI, aircraft, helicopters, lifeboats, and local vessels is ongoing. Very strong gusts of wind and heavy rain are affecting the search operations. The families of all three crew members have been notified and are receiving support from Police Scotland.

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What remains unresolved

named facility unresolved

Timeline

22 recorded change(s). The ledger starts when this event was first folded: the initial observation is not recorded as a change, so an empty timeline means nothing has moved since, not that nothing is known.

2026-10-16member countour measurement18 → 19reports joined

21 change(s) before the history shown here.

Sources

Grouped by outlet. Syndication is not collapsed, so several outlets can carry one wire story — the count is breadth of carriage, not independent confirmation.

inverness-courier.co.uk
- Huge search and rescue operation launched over missing fishing boat2026-10-14
thenational.scot
- Search for two men missing from fishing boat stood down2026-10-16
heraldscotland.com
- Body found and two missing after fishing boat goes missing off Outer Hebrides2026-10-14
aol.co.uk
- Search for crew of missing fishing boat stood down - AOL2026-10-15
theboltonnews.co.uk
- Body of man recovered amid search for missing fishing boat2026-10-14
el-balad.com
- Kenneth Macleod says one dead in Overdue Fishing Boat Outer Hebrides search - El-Balad.com2026-10-14
gazetteherald.co.uk
- Rescuers face ‘challenging’ conditions in search for crew of lost fishing boat2026-10-14
romfordrecorder.co.uk
- Rescuers face ‘challenging’ conditions in search for crew of lost fishing boat2026-10-14
dailymail.com
- Search called off for two missing fishermen after tragedy off Isle of Lewis | Daily Mail Online2026-10-15
dissexpress.co.uk
- Search for crew of missing fishing boat stood down2026-10-16
metro.co.uk
- Missing fisherman pictured as crewmate killed in accident off Scotland coast named2026-10-15
northern-times.co.uk
- Police name crew of missing fishing boat, two of whom remain lost at sea2026-10-15
brfm.net
- Hunt continues for missing fishing boat after body found as police name crew2026-10-15

19 reports in all; the full list with the facts taken from each is part of the event detail on Pro.

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