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Austnes: Atlantic
Auxiliary Smack (20th Century)
Site Name Austnes: Atlantic
Classification Auxiliary Smack (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) R 86; 'eight Miles East Of Cape Wrath'; Pentland Firth; Austnes (R 86)
Canmore ID 294912
Site Number NC37NE 8001
NGR NC 38 76
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/294912
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NC37NE 8001 unlocated
NLO: Cape Wrath [name: NC 256 750].
(Classified as Motor Smack: no cargo specified, but registration number cited as R 86, and date of loss as 6 August 1937). Austnes: this vessel was in collision and sank 8 miles East of Cape Wrath (Ethel Crawford).
Registration: Norwegian. Built 1917. 57grt.
(Location cited as N58 39.90 W4 47.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 23 June 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 15048
Name : AUSTNES (R 86)
Latitude : 583900
Longitude : 44700
Date Built : 1917
Registration : NORWEGIAN
Type : MOTOR SMACK
Tonnage : 57
Tonnage Code : G
Loss Day : 6
Loss Month : 8
Loss Year : 1937
Comment : Collision and sunk 8 miles E of Cape Wrath (ETHEL CRAWFORD).
