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Tay: Kyle Of Tongue, Atlantic
Auxiliary Schooner (20th Century)
Site Name Tay: Kyle Of Tongue, Atlantic
Classification Auxiliary Schooner (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) '400 Yards North Of Tongue Pier'; Tongue Bay; Pentland Firth; Tay
Canmore ID 295055
Site Number NC55NE 8003
NGR NC 596 593
NGR Description NC c. 596 593
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NC55NE 8003 c. 596 593
N58 30 W4 24.6
NLO: Kyle of Tongue [name centred NC 58 58]
Tongue [name centred NC 591 567]
Tongue Bay [name centred NC 60 61]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
(Classified as Motor Schooner, with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 7 July 1929). Tay: this vessel was wrecked 400 yards North of Tongue Pier.
Registration: Dundee. Built 1862. 70grt. Length: 23m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 30.0 W4 24.5).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location that is assigned to this record is essentially tentative, being derived from the unverified location that is cited by Whittaker. Tongue Pier (NC55NE 7) is at NC 5913 5888.
The vessel presumably stranded.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 30 June 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 12908
Name : TAY
Latitude : 583000
Longitude : 42430
Date Built : 1862
Registration : DUNDEE
Type : MOTOR SCHOONER
Tonnage : 70
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 23
Beam : 5
Loss Day : 7
Loss Month : 7
Loss Year : 1929
Comment : Wrecked 400 yeards north of Tongue Pier.
Cargo : COAL
