Grace Millie: Stream Rock, Loch Alsh
Schooner (19th Century)
Site Name Grace Millie: Stream Rock, Loch Alsh
Classification Schooner (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Lochalsh; Kyleakin
Canmore ID 285488
Site Number NG82NW 8004
NGR NG 80 25
NGR Description NG c. 80 25
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NG82NW 8004 c. 80 25
N57 16 W5 39
NLO: Kyleakin [name: NG 754 263]
Loch Alsh [name centred NG 80 25]
Kyle Akin [name centred NG 758 268].
Possibly on map sheets or NG82SW.
Kyleakin, Skye, 8th May. The GRACE MILLIE (schr.), of Inverkeithing, while passing through the Sound of Lochalsh struck on the Stream rock, on the morning of the 3rd May, and has been put on the beach here with forefoot and keel damaged: she is being temporarily repaired.
Source: LL, No. 16,872, London, Tuesday, May 12 1868.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 11442).
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. The location of Stream Rock cannot be established from the available map evidence.
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998), presumably on account of her successful recovery.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 28 December 2006.
Evidence Of Loss (3 May 1868)
Kyleakin, Skye, 8th May. The GRACE MILLIE (schr.), of Inverkeithing, while passing through the Sound of Lochalsh struck on the Stream rock, on the morning of the 3rd May, and has been put on the beach here with forefoot and keel damaged: she is being temporarily repaired.
Source: LL, No. 16,872, London, Tuesday, May 12 1868.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 11442).
Note (28 December 2006)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. The location of Stream Rock cannot be established from the available map evidence.
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998), presumably on account of her successful recovery.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 28 December 2006.
