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Osprey Ii: Ardtornish Bay, Sound Of Mull
Trawler (20th Century)
Site Name Osprey Ii: Ardtornish Bay, Sound Of Mull
Classification Trawler (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Ospray Ii; Mull; Aird Toirinis; Osprey Ii
Canmore ID 294040
Site Number NM64SE 8013
NGR NM 697 429
NGR Description NM c. 697 429
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NM64SE 8013 c. 697 429
N56 31.3 W5 44.7
NLO: Ardtornish Point [name: NM 692 425]
Sound of Mull [name centred NM 58 46].
Possibly on map sheet NM74SW.
(Classified as steel trawler: date of loss cited as 1 September 1925). Osprey II: this vessel stranded at Ardtornish Bay, [Sound of] Mull. All Gone? (See Ospray II, 1935 loss).
Registration: Fleetwood. Built 1911. 295grt. Length: 40m. Beam: 7m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 31.25 W5 44.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Ardtornish Bay lies on the N (Morvern) shore of the Sound, rather than on the S (Mull) shore.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 22 April 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 12936
Name : OSPREY II
Latitude : 563115
Longitude : 54400
Date Built : 1911
Registration : FLEETWOOD
Type : TRAWLER (STEEL)
Tonnage : 295
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 40
Beam : 7
Draught : 4m
Loss Day : 1
Loss Month : 9
Loss Year : 1925
Comment : Stranded at Ardtornish Bay, Mull. AG? (see OSPRAY II 1935 loss)
