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Percy: Loch Eriboll, Atlantic
Sloop (19th Century)
Site Name Percy: Loch Eriboll, Atlantic
Classification Sloop (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Pentland Firth
Canmore ID 270320
Site Number NC46SE 8019
NGR NC
NGR Description Unlocated
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NC46SE 8019 unlocated
NLO: Loch Eriboll [name centred NC 44 60]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
Possibly on map sheets NC45NW, NC45NE, NC45SW, NC45SE, or NC46SW.
PERCY, slop [sic.], from Montrose for Stornoway (timber), while windbound in Loch Eribol [Eriboll], drove from anchors on to beach. Damage, if any, not known. (Stornoway, Aug. 15, 6.35 p.m.).
Source: Shipping Intelligence, LL, No. 21,309, London, Wednesday August 16 [1882].
NMRS, MS/829/70 (no. 5369).
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998), possibly suggesting her successful recovery.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 3 February 2005.
