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Unknown: Sound Of Sleat
Motor Fishing Vessel (20th Century)
Site Name Unknown: Sound Of Sleat
Classification Motor Fishing Vessel (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) '0.75 Miles Sw Of Armadale Point'; Skye; Rubha Phoil; Sea Of The Hebrides; Unknown
Canmore ID 293084
Site Number NG60SW 8001
NGR NG 63016 02573
NGR Description NG c. 63 02
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/293084
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NG60SW 8001 c. 63 02
N57 3.0 W5 54.0
NLO: Sound of Sleat [name centred NG 72 09]
Skye [name centred NG 45 35].
(Classified as M[otor] F[ishing] V[essel]: date of loss cited as 25 July 1961). Unknown: this vessel sank 0.75 miles SW of Armadale Point. Length: 10m. Beam: 3m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 3.20 W5 54.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative, being derived from the unverified location that is cited by Whittaker. Armadale Point is not noted as such on the 1997 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map, but the term may refer to Rubha Phoil [name: NG 641 034], a prominent headland to the S of Armdale Bay [name centred NG 630 038] and village.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 3 March 2008.
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 001963
Feature Class : Wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 57.05333,-5.90833
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 57.05309,-5.90943
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Previous Position : 57.05333,-5.90833
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 10
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : UNKNOWN
Type : M FISHING
Length : 9.1
Beam : 3.0
Date Sunk : 25/07/1961
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Original Detection Year : 1961
Original Source : Other
Surveying Details : **H3781/61 20.10.61 SANK 0.75 MILES SW OF ARMADALE POINT SKYE. (D O STORNAWAY). POSN 570212N, 055430W FOR FILING ONLY.
Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY
Date Last Amended : 18/03/2009
Date Position Last Amended : 18/03/2009
