Nellie: Mary Ann's Point, Sound Of Sleat
Steam Drifter (20th Century)
Site Name Nellie: Mary Ann's Point, Sound Of Sleat
Classification Steam Drifter (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Mary Ann's Point, 'between Loch Hourn And Loch Nevis'; Sea Of The Hebrides; Nellie
Canmore ID 293012
Site Number NG70NW 8001
NGR NG 72 05
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/293012
- Council Highland
- Parish Glenelg (Lochaber)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG70NW 8001 unlocated
NLO: Loch Hourn [name centred NG 83 08]
Loch Nevis [name centred NM 76 95]
Sound of Sleat [name centred NG 72 09].
Possibly on map sheet NG70SW.
(Classified as steam drifter: date of loss cited as 25 January 1919). Nellie: this vessel stranded on Mary Ann's Point, between Loch Hourn and Loch Nevis. [She was] expected [to become a] wreck. Registration: Fraserburgh.
(Location of loss cited as N57 5.0 W5 45.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker. The location of Mary Ann's Point cannot be ascertained from the available map evidence.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 26 February 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 12992
Name : NELLIE
Latitude : 570500
Longitude : 54500
Registration : FRASERBURGH
Type : STEAM DRIFTER
Loss Day : 25
Loss Month : 1
Loss Year : 1919
Comment : Stranded on Mary Ann's Pt, between Loch Hourn and Loch Nevis. Expected wreck.
