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Castle Varech: Rabbit Islands, Tongue Bay, Atlantic
Ketch (20th Century)
Site Name Castle Varech: Rabbit Islands, Tongue Bay, Atlantic
Classification Ketch (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Cape Wrath; Kyle Of Tongue; Tongue Island; Pentland Firth; Castle Varech
Canmore ID 294997
Site Number NC66SW 8006
NGR NC 60 63
NGR Description NC c. 60 63
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NC66SW 8006 c. 60 63
N58 32 W4 24
NLO: Rabbit Islands [name centred NC 605 635]
Tongue Bay [name centred NC 60 61]
Kyle of Tongue [name centred NC 58 58]
Cape Wrath [name: NC 256 750]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
Possibly on map sheet NC56SE.
(Classified as wooden ketch: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as October 1928). Castle Varech: this vessel stranded at Tongue Island, and became a constructive total loss.
Registration: Wick. Built 1898. 41grt. Length: 19m. Beam: 6m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 33.0 W4 25.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Tongue Island is not noted as such on the 1999 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map, but is probably to be equated with one of the Rabbit Islands, to the W of Tongue Bay.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 25 June 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 1004
Name : CASTLE VARECH
Latitude : 583300
Longitude : 42500
Date Built : 1898
Registration : WICK
Type : KETCH (WOOD)
Tonnage : 41
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 19
Beam : 6
Loss Month : 10
Loss Year : 1928
Comment : Stranded at Tongue Island and CTL.
