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Fowey: Isle Of Ewe, Loch Ewe, North Minch
Sloop (19th Century)
Site Name Fowey: Isle Of Ewe, Loch Ewe, North Minch
Classification Sloop (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Gray Hound
Canmore ID 295183
Site Number NG88NW 8012
NGR NG 84 88
NGR Description NG c. 84 88
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/295183
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NG88NW 8007 c. 84 88
N57 50 W5 38
NLO: Isle of Ewe [name centred NG 850 883]
Loch Ewe [name centred NG 84 86].
Possibly on map sheet NG88NE.
(Classified as sloop: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 8 May 1830). Gray Hound: this vessel was wrecked on [the] Isle of Ewe.
Registration: Inverness. Built 1810. 8 tons burthern. Length: 7m. Beam: 3m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 50.0 W5 40.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 7 July 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 97
Name : GRAY HOUND
Latitude : 575000
Longitude : 54000
Date Built : 1810
Registration : INVERNESS
Type : SLOOP
Tonnage : 8
Tonnage Code : B
Length : 7
Beam : 3
Loss Day : 8
Loss Month : 5
Loss Year : 1830
Comment : Wrecked on Isle of Ewe.
