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Lythe: Sgorr Sgaileach, Eigg, Sea Of The Hebrides
Steamship (20th Century)
Site Name Lythe: Sgorr Sgaileach, Eigg, Sea Of The Hebrides
Classification Steamship (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Lythie; Sound Of Rum; Sound Of Rhum; 'north Tip Of Eigg'; Lythe (Lythie ?)
Canmore ID 119349
Site Number NM49SE 8001
NGR NM 484 913
NGR Description NM c. 484 913
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/119349
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NM49SE 8001 c. 484 913
N56 56.7 W6 8.2
NLO: Sgorr Sgaileach [name: NM 484 913]
Rum [name centred NM 36 99]
Eigg [name centred NM 47 87]
Sound of Rum [name centred NM 41 89].
See also NM49SE 8002 and NM49SE 8003.
Location formerly entered as NM 4900 9094 [N56 56.5 W6 7.6].
Cross-ref: Jennie [NM49SE 8003].
(No classification or cargo specified: date of loss cited as 1954). Lythe (Lythie?): this vessel sank while salvaging cargo from the Jennie [NM49SE 8003]. Registration: British.
(Location of loss cited as N56 56.53 W6 7.63).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 18 April 2008.
Loss (1 January 1954 - 31 December 1954)
(No classification or cargo specified: date of loss cited as 1954). Lythe (Lythie?): this vessel sank while salvaging cargo from the Jennie [NM49SE 8003]. Registration: British.
(Location of loss cited as N56 56.53 W6 7.63).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Named Location (Nlo) (16 July 1997)
NLO: Sgorr Sgaileach [name: NM 484 913]
Rum [name centred NM 36 99]
Eigg [name centred NM 47 87]
Sound of Rum [name centred NM 41 89].
See also NM49SE 8002 and 8003.
Location formerly entered as NM 4900 9094 [N56 56.5 W6 7.6].
Cross-ref: Jennie [NM49SE 8003].
Note (18 April 2008)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 18 April 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 477
Name : LYTHE (LYTHIE ?)
Latitude : 565632
Longitude : 60738
Registration : BRITISH
Loss Year : 1954
Comment : Sank whilst salvaging cargo from 'JENNIE'
