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Unknown: Loch Ericht
Motor Launch (20th Century)
Site Name Unknown: Loch Ericht
Classification Motor Launch (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Near Ben Alder'
Canmore ID 293667
Site Number NN57SE 8002
NGR NN
NGR Description Unlocated
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/293667
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NN57SE 8002 unlocated
NLO: Loch Ericht [name centred NN 55 74]
Ben Alder [name: NN 496 718].
Possibly on map sheets NN46NE, NN46SE, NN56NW, NN56SW, NN57NE, NN57SW, or NN68SW.
(Classified as Motor Launch: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 6 June 19312). Unknown: this vessel was driven ashore on rocks in Loch Ericht, near Ben Alder.
(Location of loss cited as N56 50.0 W4 22.5).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location that is cited by Whittaker.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 1 April 2008.
