Normannvik: North Minch
Motor Ship (20th Century)
Site Name Normannvik: North Minch
Classification Motor Ship (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Point Of Stoer; Normannvik
Canmore ID 119400
Site Number NB83SW 8002
NGR NB 8164 3040
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/119400
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NB83SW 8002 unlocated
NLO: Point of Stoer [name: NC 022 356].
Formerly entered as NB83SW 1 at cited location NB 8158 3097 [N58 12.8 W5 43.1].
Possibly within Maritime - Western Isles.
Classified as M[otor] V[essel], with cargo of stone (felspar): date of loss cited as 18 March 1970. Normannvik: this vessel capsized [and sank] after her cargo shifted.
Registration: Norwegian. Built 1956. 496grt. Length: 55m. Beam: 9m.
(location of loss cited as N58 12.82 W5 43.18).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker. This may be converted to NB 8153 3098, which location falls about 20km WSW of Point of Stoer.
The loss of this vessel may have occurred within the area designated as Maritime - Western Isles.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 20 January 2003.
Loss (18 March 1970)
Classified as M[otor] V[essel], with cargo of stone (felspar): date of loss cited as 18 March 1970. Normannvik: this vessel capsized [and sank] after her cargo shifted.
Registration: Norwegian. Built 1956. 496grt. Length: 55m. Beam: 9m.
(location of loss cited as N58 12.82 W5 43.18).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Named Location (Nlo) (18 July 1997)
NLO: Point of Stoer [name: NC 022 356].
Formerly entered as NB83SW 1 at cited location NB 8158 3097 [N58 12.8 W5 43.1].
Possibly within Maritime - Western Isles.
Note (20 January 2003)
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker. This may be converted to NB 8153 3098, which location falls about 20km WSW of Point of Stoer.
The loss of this vessel may have occurred within the area designated as Maritime - Western Isles.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 20 January 2003.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 2096
Name : NORMANNVIK
Latitude : 581249
Longitude : 54311
Date Built : 1956
Registration : NORWEGIAN
Type : MV
Tonnage : 496
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 55
Beam : 9
Draught : 4m
Position : Exact Position
Loss Day : 18
Loss Month : 3
Loss Year : 1970
Comment : Cargo shifted, capsized
Cargo : STONE (FELSPAR)
