Loss

Date February 2008

Event ID 555879

Category Documentary Reference

Type Loss

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/555879

The fishing boat [motor fishing vessel] Spinningdale ran aground and was wrecked on Hirta, the main island of the St Kilda archipelago during a storm in February 2008. The 14-strong crew was rescued.

Source: BBC News, 21 June 2008.

The 82ft [25m] motor trawler stranded at the foot of cliffs on Hirta, St Kilda, in February 2008.

[No accurate location cited: illustrated].

Source: Times 23 June 2008.