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Sarah: Loch Slapin, Skye, Sea Of The Hebrides
Smack (19th Century)
Site Name Sarah: Loch Slapin, Skye, Sea Of The Hebrides
Classification Smack (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Loch Slappin; Sarah
Canmore ID 251583
Site Number NG51NE 8004
NGR NG 57 17
NGR Description NG c. 57 17
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/251583
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NG51NE 8004 c. 57 17
N57 11 W6 1
NLO: Loch Slapin [name centred NG 57 17]
Skye [name centred NG 45 35].
Possibly on map sheet NG52SE.
17 November 1893, SARAH, 52 years, of Greenock. Wood smack. 26 ton. 2 men. Master J. Robertson. Owner L. Grant, Greenock. Stationed for herring curing in Loch Slapin, Isle 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. 1180).
(Classified as wooden smack, with cargo of herring: date of loss cited as 18 November 1893). This vessel was wrecked in Loch Slappin [Slapin].
I G Whittaker 1998.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 3511
Name : SARAH
Latitude : 571200
Longitude : 60100
Date Built : 1841
Registration : GREENOCK
Type : SMACK (WOOD)
Tonnage : 26
Loss Day : 18
Loss Month : 11
Loss Year : 1893
Comment : Wrecked in Loch Slappin. Capt. Robertson
Cargo : HERRING
