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Vickers Wellington Ic: Loch Linnhe
Aircraft (20th Century)
Site Name Vickers Wellington Ic: Loch Linnhe
Classification Aircraft (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) N2810; Loch Eil; 'fort William Bay'; A/c Vickers
Canmore ID 293528
Site Number NN17NW 8001
NGR NN 10 75
NGR Description NN c. 10 75
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NN17NW 8001 unlocated
NLO: Loch Eil [name centred NN 02 77]
Fort William [name: NN 105 740]
Loch Linnhe [name centred NM 86 47].
Possibly on map sheet NN07NE.
Formerly assigned in error to Maritime - Shetland Islands.
(Classified as Vickers Wellington IC: date of loss cited as 27 December 1940). N2810: this aircraft suffered engine failure, ditched and sank in Fort William Bay.
Registration: British.
9 tons [unspecified]. FPP.
(Location of loss cited as N56 50.0 W5 7.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative, being derived from the unverified location that is cited by Whittaker. Fort William Bay is not noted as such on the 1998 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map. The name presumably applies to the area of water and sands to the W of Fort William, at the junction of Loch Linnhe (to the SW) and Loch Eil (to the W).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 25 March 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 18177
Name : A/C VICKERS
Latitude : 565000
Longitude : 50700
Registration : BRITISH
Type : WELLINGTON IC
Loss Day : 27
Loss Month : 12
Loss Year : 1940
Comment : Engine failure, ditched and sank in Fort William Bay.
Cargo : N2810 9 FPP
