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Oxford: Kyle Of Tongue, Atlantic
Dandy (19th Century)
Site Name Oxford: Kyle Of Tongue, Atlantic
Classification Dandy (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Kyle Of Tongue, Entrance'; Cape Wrath; Pentland Firth; Oxford
Canmore ID 220970
Site Number NC56SE 8017
NGR NC 59 60
NGR Description NC c. 59 60
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NC56SE 8017 c. 59 60
N58 30 W4 25
NLO: Kyle of Tongue [name centred NC 58 58]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81]
Cape Wrath [name: NC 256 750].
Formerly entered in error as NC56NE 8003.
(Classified as wooden dandy, in ballast: date of loss cited as 21 September 1899). Oxford: this vessel stranded at the entrance to Tongue. Capt. Emerson.
Registration: Grimsby. Built 1870. 69 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N58 32.0 W4 25.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 14 January 2005.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 3332
Name : OXFORD
Latitude : 583200
Longitude : 42500
Date Built : 1870
Registration : GRIMSBY
Type : DANDY (WOOD)
Tonnage : 69
Loss Day : 21
Loss Month : 9
Loss Year : 1899
Comment : Stranded at entr to Tongue. Capt. Emerson
Cargo : BALLAST
