Archaeology Notes

Event ID 759510

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NG14NW 8001 1280 4665

N57 25.1667 W6 47.0667

NLO: Moonen Bay [name centred NG 140 466]

Skye [name centred NG 45 35].

Formerly entered as NG14NW 8520.

For alternative possible location of the same vessel at Neist Point (NG 1246 4683: N57 25.25 W6 47.4167), see NG14NW 8002.

Name cited as Dorrick or Doric, and location as NG 130 469.

G Ridley 1990.

Quality of fix = PA

Horizontal Datum = OGB

General water depth = 20

Circumstances of Loss Details

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The steamship DORIS ran aground.

Surveying Details

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24 December 1982. The vessel is described as completely broken up, lying amongst rocks with depths of between 6 -24 metres. There are several large sections standing up to 3 metres high, and iron propeller and shaft remain. The name of the vessel is uncertain, but it may have been DORIS, DORIC or DORRICK.

Source; BSAC Wreck Register, Volume 6.

Hydrographic Office, 1995.