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Village Maid: Atlantic
Craft (20th Century)
Site Name Village Maid: Atlantic
Classification Craft (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Between Whiten Head And Loch Eriboll'; An Ceann Geal; Pentland Firth; Village Maid
Canmore ID 294995
Site Number NC46NE 8009
NGR NC 47 65
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/294995
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NC45NE 8009 unlocated
NLO: Whiten Head or An Ceann Geal [name: NC 502 687]
Loch Eriboll [name centred NC 44 60]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
Possibly on map sheet or NC45SE.
(Classified as Fishing Boat: date of loss cited as 1 December 1963). Village Maid: this vessel sank between Whiten Head and Loch Eriboll.
(Location of loss cited as N58 33.0 W4 37.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 25 June 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 16241
Name : VILLAGE MAID
Latitude : 583300
Longitude : 43700
Type : FISHING BOAT
Loss Day : 1
Loss Month : 12
Loss Year : 1963
Comment : Sank between Whiten Head and Loch Eriboll
