Hilda: Skate Island, Lower Loch Fyne, Firth Of Clyde
Cutter (20th Century)
Site Name Hilda: Skate Island, Lower Loch Fyne, Firth Of Clyde
Classification Cutter (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'On Rocks On The East Side Of Skate Island'; Skate Islands; Sgat Mor; Sgat Beag; Outer Clyde Estuary; Hilda
Canmore ID 220370
Site Number NR96NW 8007
NGR NR 93 66
NGR Description NR c. 93 66
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Maritime - Argyll And Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NR96NW 8007 unlocated
NLO: Loch Fyne [name centred NR 94 89].
Formerly entered as NR87NE 8010 (unlocated).
(Classified as wooden yacht: date of loss cited as 4 August 1906). Hilda: this vessel stranded on rocks on [the] East side of Skate Island. Capt. Campbell.
No registered. Built 1866. 10 tons unspecified.
(Location of loss cited as N55 51.00 W5 18.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is arbitrary. Skate Island cannot be identified from the available map evidence.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 23 August 2002.
(Re-entered as NR96NW 8007 at cited location NR c. 93 66 [N55 51 W5 18]). The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
Per contra the above, the Skate Islands are probably to be equated with Sgat Mor [name: NR 930 666] and Sgat Beag [name: NR 942 665] off the SW side of the Cowal peninsula.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 27 November 2009.
Loss (4 August 1906)
(Classified as wooden yacht: date of loss cited as 4 August 1906). Hilda: this vessel stranded on rocks on [the] East side of Skate Island. Capt. Campbell.
No registered. Built 1866. 10 tons unspecified.
(Location of loss cited as N55 51.00 W5 18.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (23 August 2002)
The map sheet assigned to this record is arbitrary. Skate Island cannot be identified from the available map evidence.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 23 August 2002.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 4955
Name : HILDA
Latitude : 555100
Longitude : 51830
Date Built : 1866
Registration : Not Registered
Type : YACHT (WOOD)
Tonnage : 10
Loss Day : 4
Loss Month : 8
Loss Year : 1906
Comment : Stranded on rocks on E side of Skate Island. Capt. Campbell
Cargo : BALLAST
