Crystaline (Possibly): Bagh Dunan Ruadh, Skye, Sound Of Sleat
Barque (19th Century)
Site Name Crystaline (Possibly): Bagh Dunan Ruadh, Skye, Sound Of Sleat
Classification Barque (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Crystalline; Kylerhea Narrows; Bagh Dun Ruaige; 'just South Of The Narrows Of Skye'; Kyle Rhea; Unknown; Crystaline
Canmore ID 101919
Site Number NG71NE 8001
NGR NG 78549 19836
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/101919
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NG71NE 8001 7854 1983
N57 12.95 W5 40.0833
NLO: Bagh Dunan Ruadh [name centred NG 790 200]
Sound of Sleat [name centred NG 72 09]
Skye [name centred NG 45 35].
Formerly entered as NG71NE 8426.
5 May 1894, CRYSTALINE, 38 years, of Liverpool. Iron barque. 254 ton. 7 men. Master W. Owen. Owner J.M. McMaster, Liverpool. Stornoway to Irvine. Ballast. Wind variable 1. Just south of the Narrows of Skye.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1893-94 (1895 [C.7858] LXXXVII.327).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1233).
Horizontal Datum = UND
Surveying Details
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7 July 1969. The site was located on aerial photographs. It is only a small area of wreckage. The site is 185 metres south of the sheepfold at Bagh Dun Ruaige.
Hydrographic Office, 1995.
(Classified as iron barque, in ballast: date of loss cited as 5 May 1894). Crystaline: this vessel stranded South of the narrows of Skye. Capt. Owen.
Registration: liberpool. Built 1856. 294nrt. Length: 35m. Beam: 7m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 13.0 W6 25.0).
(No classification, cargo or date of loss cited). Unknown: wreckage 1 cable South of Bagh Dun Riaige (Bagh Dunan Ruadh?) in 30 metres.
(Location cited as N57 12.95 W5 40.08).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The equation of the cited wreck remains with the recorded loss of the Crystaline or Crystalline remains unverified, but is tentatively accepted. The 'Narrows of Skye' are presumably tobe equated with Kyle Rhea.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 19 August 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 2898
Name : CRYSTALINE
Latitude : 571300
Longitude : 54000
Date Built : 1856
Registration : LIVERPOOL
Type : BARQUE (IRON)
Tonnage : 294
Tonnage Code : N
Length : 35
Beam : 7
Draught : 4m
Loss Day : 5
Loss Month : 5
Loss Year : 1894
Comment : Stranded south of the narrows of Skye. Capt. Owen
Cargo : BALLAST
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 001965
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Wreck showing any portion of hull or superstructure
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 57.21557,-5.66920
Horizontal Datum : ETRS 1989
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 57.21557,-5.66920
WGS84 Origin : Block Shift
Previous Position : 57.21583,-5.66805
Position Method : Air photography
Position Quality : Precisely known
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 0
Vertical Datum : Mean Low Water Springs
Name : UNKNOWN
Bottom Texture : Gravel
Contact Description : Notable debris
Original Sensor : None reported
Last Sensor : Video Sensor
Last Detection Year : 1969
Original Source : Unknown
Last Source : Other
Surveying Details : **WK [OLD SYMBOL] CHARTED IN 571257N, 054005W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) BA 1594.
**H6997/29 NOW CHARTED AS ST. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) BA 1594.
**7.7.69 LOCATED ON AIR PHOTOGRAPH 0025/27 INDEX 840. ONLY A SMALL AREA WRECKAGE LEFT. POSN 1C S OF SHEEPFOLD BAGH DUN RUAIGE. (PHOTOGRAMMETRY) NCA.
**12.5.76 NO LONGER CHARTED, EXISTING SCALES TOO SMALL. NC 2540.
POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE
**19.12.06 INS AS ST IN 5712.934N, 0540.152W [EUT], LIMITS OF PLAN [KYLE RHEA] EXTENDED. NE 2540.
Chart Symbol : ST
Date Last Amended : 06/10/2007
Date Position Last Amended : 06/10/2007
