Helen: Loch Hourn, Sound Of Sleat
Sloop (19th Century)
Site Name Helen: Loch Hourn, Sound Of Sleat
Classification Sloop (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Lochourn; Sea Of The Hebrides; Helen
Canmore ID 292991
Site Number NG71SE 8001
NGR NG 78 10
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/292991
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NG71SE 8001 unlocated
NLO: Loch Hourn [name centred NG 83 08]
Sound of Sleat [name centred NG 72 09].
Possibly on map sheets NG71SE, NG81SW, or NG90NW.
(Classified as wooden sloop: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as December 1865). Helen: this vessel foundered in Lochourn [Loch Hourn].
Registration: Greenock. Built 1812. 19 tons burthern. Length: 11m. Beam: 4m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 8.0 W5 40.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 25 February 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 16037
Name : HELEN
Latitude : 570800
Longitude : 54000
Date Built : 1812
Registration : GREENOCK
Type : SLOOP (WOOD)
Tonnage : 19
Tonnage Code : B
Length : 11
Beam : 4
Loss Month : 12
Loss Year : 1865
Comment : Foundered in Lochourn.
