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Alert: Kyleakin, Kyle Rhea
Schooner (19th Century)
Site Name Alert: Kyleakin, Kyle Rhea
Classification Schooner (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Kylerhea Sound; Loch Alsh; Inner Sound
Canmore ID 286352
Site Number NG72NE 8020
NGR NG 75 26
NGR Description NG c. 75 26
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/286352
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NG72NW 8020 c. 75 26
N57 16 W5 44
NLO: Kyleakin [name: NG 754 263]
Loch Alsh [name centred NG 80 25]
Kyle Akin [name centred NG 758 268]
Inner Sound [name centred NG 64 40].
Kyleakin, 6th Aug. The ALERT (schr.), of Aberystwith, Griffiths, from Liverpool to Harburg, with merchandise, was beached here to-day, making water, having struck on a sunken rock in Kylerhea sound [Kyle Rhea].
Source: LL, No. 17,265, London, Monday, August 16 1869.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 11663).
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, and the date cited is that of report.
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998), presumably on account of her successful recovery.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 13 February 2007.
Evidence Of Loss (6 August 1869)
Kyleakin, 6th Aug. The ALERT (schr.), of Aberystwith, Griffiths, from Liverpool to Harburg, with merchandise, was beached here to-day, making water, having struck on a sunken rock in Kylerhea sound [Kyle Rhea].
Source: LL, No. 17,265, London, Monday, August 16 1869.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 11663).
Note (13 February 2007)
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, and the date cited is that of report.
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998), presumably on account of her successful recovery.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 13 February 2007.
