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Gitana: Loch Rannoch
Steamship (19th Century)
Site Name Gitana: Loch Rannoch
Classification Steamship (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Gitana
Canmore ID 260517
Site Number NN65NE 8001
NGR NN 65 58
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/260517
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Fortingall
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NN65NE 8001 unlocated
NLO: Loch Rannoch [name centred NN 59 58].
Possibly on map sheets NN55NW, or NN65NE.
(Classified as iron steamship, and date of loss cited as 6 February 1882). Gitana: this vessel foundered in Loch Rannoch. She was all gone by June 1978, and subsequently wrecked on shore.
Registration: Glasgow. Built 1881. 54grt. Length 27m. Beam 4m).
(Location of loss cited as N56 42.0 W4 12.).
I G Whittaker 1998.
This vessel was raised by the then University of Herefordshire SAC (BSAC 380) in the early 1970's.
Source: Diver, 4.11 (April 2003), 82.
The map sheet assigned to this record is arbitrary. The location cited by Whittaker remains unverified.
This vessel was presumably a loch pleasure steamer, a type of vessel then popular.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 29 June 2004.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 1017
Name : GITANA
Latitude : 564200
Longitude : 41200
Date Built : 1881
Registration : GLASGOW
Type : SS (IRON)
Tonnage : 54
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 27
Beam : 4
Draught : 3m
Loss Day : 6
Loss Month : 2
Loss Year : 1882
Comment : Foundered in Loch Rannoch. AG June 1978 and subsequently wrecked on shore.
