Kintail: Keiss, Sinclair's Bay, North Sea
Sloop (19th Century)
Site Name Kintail: Keiss, Sinclair's Bay, North Sea
Classification Sloop (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Kintail
Canmore ID 288574
Site Number ND36SE 8042
NGR ND 35 61
NGR Description ND c. 35 61
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND36SE 8042 c. 35 61
N58 32 W3 7
NLO: Keiss [name: ND 347 612]
Sinclair's Bay [name centred ND 37 56].
Possibly on map sheets or ND36SW.
(Classified as sloop, with cargo of staves: date of loss cited as 20 December 1823). Kintail: this vessel drifted ashore at Keiss after being abandoned in a gale. Registration: Kintail.
(Location of loss cited as N58 32.0 W3 7.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location and map sheet assigned to this record are essentially tentative. The date cited is presumably that of report, rather than abandonment.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 14 March 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 10612
Name : KINTAIL
Latitude : 583200
Longitude : 30700
Date Built : 1823
Registration : KINTAIL
Type : SLOOP
Tonnage : 40
Tonnage Code : B
Length : 14
Beam : 4
Loss Day : 20
Loss Month : 12
Loss Year : 1823
Comment : Drifted ashore at Keiss after being abandoned in a gale.
Cargo : STAVES
