Unknown: Am Balg, North Minch
Sloop (19th Century)
Site Name Unknown: Am Balg, North Minch
Classification Sloop (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Near Bulzie Island'; 'nine Miles South Of Cape Wrath'; Atlantic; Unknown 1845
Canmore ID 295002
Site Number NC16NE 8001
NGR NC 185 662
NGR Description NC c. 185 662
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NC16NE 8001 c. 185 662
N58 32.8 W5 7.2
NLO: Am Balg [name: NC 185 662]
Cape Wrath [name: NC 256 750].
(Classified as sloop, with cargo of tar and butter: date of loss cited as 20 October 1845). Unknown: this vessel was wrecked near Bulzie Island, nine miles South of Cape Wrath. 55 tons burthern.
(Location of loss cited as N58 32.50 W5 8.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record are essentially tentative. Bulzie Island is not noted as such on the 1997 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map, but is presumably to be equated with one of the group of skerries known as Am Balg.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 15 June 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 10071
Name : UNKNOWN 1845
Latitude : 583230
Longitude : 50800
Type : SLOOP
Tonnage : 55
Tonnage Code : B
Loss Day : 20
Loss Month : 10
Loss Year : 1845
Comment : Wrecked near Bulzie Island, 9 miles south of Cape Wrath.
Cargo : TAR,BUTTER
