Archaeology Notes

Event ID 760534

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NG23NW 8001 2249 3760

N57 20.6667 W6 36.8

NLO: Loch Bracadale [name centred NG 285 380]

Skye [name centred NG 45 35].

Formerly entered as NG23NW 8513.

Quality of fix = PA

Horizontal Datum = OGB

General water depth = 14

Circumstances of Loss Details

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The steamship URLANA went ashore whilst on passage from Buenos Aires to London.

Source: Ministry of Transport, Lloyd's List.

Surveying Details

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27 September 1968. The wreck is reported at 57 21 19N, 006 39 20W, lying in 6 to 9 metres of water. Some dispersal has apparently been carried out using explosives. The area around the wreck is quite dangerous to navigation due to the sharp pinnacles of rock just below the surface.

Report by A Entwhistle, 19 September 1968.

2 July 1981. The true position is now reported as 57 20 40N, 006 36 48W. It lies in about 12 - 15 metres of water, close in against base of the cliffs. A distinctive rock pillar, some 18 metres high, stands over the wreck site. The wreck is well broken up. A rock pinnacle, awash at low water, 22 metres from the shore, is about 6 metres from the boiler. Report by C J Aston, 25 June 1981.

Hydrographic Office, 1995.

Geodha Mor is not noted on the 1998 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map. Idrigill Point is at NG 250 362.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 7 October 2002.