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Dora: Talmine, Tongue Bay, Atlantic
Motor Boat (20th Century)
Site Name Dora: Talmine, Tongue Bay, Atlantic
Classification Motor Boat (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Talmin; Kyles Of Tongue; Kyle Of Tongue; Cape Wrath; Pentland Firth; Dora
Canmore ID 295017
Site Number NC56SE 8015
NGR NC 58 62
NGR Description NC c. 58 62
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/295017
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NC56SE 8015 c. 58 62
N58 31 W4 26
NLO: Talmine [name: NC 584 629]
Talmine Island [name: NC 591 624]
Tongue Bay [name centred NC 606 615]
Kyle of Tongue [name centred NC 58 58]
Cape Wrath [name: NC 256 750]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
(Classified as Motor Boat, with general cargo: date of loss cited as 29 December 1931). Dora: this vessel was wrecked at Talmine.
(Location of loss cited as N58 32.0 W4 25.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 26 June 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 14813
Name : DORA
Latitude : 583200
Longitude : 42500
Type : MOTOR BOAT
Loss Day : 29
Loss Month : 12
Loss Year : 1931
Comment : Wrecked at Talmine.
Cargo : GENERAL
