Nitedal: Sgier An Or, Tongue Bay, Atlantic
Motor Ship (20th Century)
Site Name Nitedal: Sgier An Or, Tongue Bay, Atlantic
Classification Motor Ship (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Sgeir An Oil Eilean; Pentland Firth
Canmore ID 125322
Site Number NC66SW 8003
NGR NC 611 648
NGR Description NC c. 611 648
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NC66SW 8003 c. 611 648
N58 33 W4 23.3
NLO: Tongue Bay [name centred NC 606 615]
Sgeir an Oir [name: NC 611 645]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
Formerly entered as NC66SE 8002 at cited location NC 6115 6480 [N58 32.9 W4 23.1].
See also NC56SE 8001 and NC66SW 8004.
(Name cited as Nitedal: no location cited, but said to lie in two pieces. The seabed is at 20m depth).
[The plan published by Ridley places the wreck just off the N end of Sgeir an Oil Eilean [Sgeir an Oir]].
G Ridley 1990.
The location cited is essentially arbitrary. No description or accurate location is apparently available for this wreck.
Whittaker appears to confuse this wreck with that of the Ashbury (NC56SE 8001).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 10 April 2002.
Loss (1990)
(Name cited as Nitedal: no location cited, but said to lie in two pieces. The seabed is at 20m depth).
[The plan published by Ridley places the wreck just off the N end of Sgeir an Oil Eilean [Sgeir an Oir]].
G Ridley 1990.
Named Location (Nlo) (12 January 1998)
NLO: Tongue Bay [name centred NC 606 615]
Sgeir an Oir [name: NC 611 645]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
Formerly entered as NC66SE 8002 at cited location NC 6115 6480 [N58 32.9 W4 23.1].
See also NC56SE 8001 and NC66SW 8004.
Note (10 April 2002)
The location cited is essentially arbitrary. No description or accurate location is apparently available for this wreck.
Whittaker appears to confuse this wreck with that of the Ashbury (NC56SE 8001).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 10 April 2002.
