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Cathie: Ornsay, Sound Of Sleat
Smack (20th Century)
Site Name Cathie: Ornsay, Sound Of Sleat
Classification Smack (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) '100 Yards North Of Oronsay Lighthouse, Sound Of Skye; Ornsay Lighthouse'; Eilean An Eoin; Skye; Lochalsh; Atlantic; Sea Of The Hebrides; Cathie
Canmore ID 292959
Site Number NG71SW 8017
NGR NG 713 122
NGR Description NG c. 713 122
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NG71SW 8012 c. 713 121
N57 8.6 W5 46.8
NLO: Ornsay [name centred NG 710 127]
Loch Alsh [name centred NG 80 25]
Sound of Sleat [name centred NG 72 09]
Skye [name centred NG 45 35].
(Classified as smack, with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 30 July 1919). Cathie: this vessel stranded 100 yards North of Oronsay [Ornsay] Lighthouse, Sound of Skye. Capt. MacFadyen.
Registration: Greenock. Built 1893. 34nrt.
(Location of loss cited as N57 9.0 W5 47.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Isle Ornsay lighthouse (NG71SW 8.00) is at NG 71350 12183, on Eilean an Eoin, off the SE corner of Ornsay.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 22 February 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 13004
Name : CATHIE
Latitude : 570900
Longitude : 54700
Date Built : 1893
Registration : GREENOCK
Type : SMACK
Tonnage : 34
Tonnage Code : N
Loss Day : 30
Loss Month : 7
Loss Year : 1919
Comment : Stranded 100 yards north of Oronsay Lighthouse, Sound of Skye. Capt. MacFadyen
Cargo : COAL
