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Rosies: Corpach, Loch Eil
Motor Fishing Vessel (20th Century)
Site Name Rosies: Corpach, Loch Eil
Classification Motor Fishing Vessel (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'At The East End Of Loch Eil, Near Bona Lighthouse'; Corpach Lighthouse; Fort William; Rosies
Canmore ID 293502
Site Number NN07NE 8005
NGR NN 095 766
NGR Description NN c. 095 766
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NN07NE 8005 c. 095 766
N56 50 W5 8
NLO: Loch Eil [name centred NN 02 77]
Corpach [name: NN 099 769]
Fort William [name: NN 105 740].
Possibly on map sheet NN17NW.
(Classified as M[otor] F[ishing] V[essel]: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 22 August 1921). Rosies: this vessel caught fire, [and was] beached at the East end of Loch Eil, near Bona [Corpach] Lighthouse.
Registration: Lossiemouth. 55nrt.
(Location of loss cited as N56 52.0 W5 8.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. 'Bona Lighthouse' is probably a misnaming of Corpach Lighthouse (NN 09551 76634), at the SW entrance to the Caledonian Canal, for which see NN07NE 9.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 20 March 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 1803
Name : ROSIES
Latitude : 565200
Longitude : 50800
Registration : LOSSIEMOUTH
Type : MFV
Tonnage : 55
Tonnage Code : N
Loss Day : 22
Loss Month : 8
Loss Year : 1921
Comment : Fire, beached at east end Loch Eil, near Bona Lighthouse.
