Loch Arkaig: Sound Of Sleat
Steamship (20th Century)
Site Name Loch Arkaig: Sound Of Sleat
Classification Steamship (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Mallaig; Sea Of The Hebrides; Loch Arkaig
Canmore ID 293412
Site Number NM69NW 8005
NGR NM 62 96
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/293412
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NM69NW 8005 unlocated
NLO: Mallaig [name: NM 675 970]
Sound of Sleat [name centred NG 72 09].
(Classified as wooden steamship: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 28 March 1979). Loch Arkaig: this vessel foundered at Mallaig, was refloated and sunk at sea. Where?
Registration: Glasgow. Built 1942. 179grt. Length: 34m. Beam: 7m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 0.0 W5 55.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially tentative. The location of the final sinking of this vessel remains unknown, but was presumably within the Sound of Sleat.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 14 March 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 7325
Name : LOCH ARKAIG
Latitude : 570000
Longitude : 55500
Date Built : 1942
Registration : GLASGOW
Type : SS (WOOD)
Tonnage : 179
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 34
Beam : 7
Draught : 2m
Loss Day : 28
Loss Month : 3
Loss Year : 1979
Comment : Foundered at Mallaig, refloated and re-sunk at sea. Where?
