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Provider: Mallaig, Sound Of Sleat
Motor Launch (20th Century)
Site Name Provider: Mallaig, Sound Of Sleat
Classification Motor Launch (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Ob 39; Mallaig Harbour; Sea Of The Hebrides; Provider (Ob 39)
Canmore ID 293417
Site Number NM69NE 8013
NGR NM 67 97
NGR Description NM c. 67 97
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NM69NE 8013 c. 67 97
N57 0.0 W5 50.0
NLO: Mallaig [name: NM 675 970]
Mallaig Harbour [name centred NM 677 975]
Sound of Sleat [name centred NG 72 09].
(Classified as motor launch; registration cited as OB 39, and date of loss as 30 September 1928). Provider: this vessel was wrecked at Mallaig. Capt. Aitchison.
Registration: Mallaig. Built: 1920. 4grt. Length: 9m. Beam: 3m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 0.0 W5 55.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. The vessel was possibly driven from moorings within Mallaig harbour.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 17 March 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 17177
Name : PROVIDER (OB 39)
Latitude : 570000
Longitude : 55000
Date Built : 1920
Registration : MALLAIG
Type : MOTOR LAUNCH
Tonnage : 4
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 9
Beam : 3
Loss Day : 30
Loss Month : 9
Loss Year : 1928
Comment : Wrecked at Mallaig. Capt. Aitchison
