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Fanny Peat: Little Minch
Schooner (19th Century)
Site Name Fanny Peat: Little Minch
Classification Schooner (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) North Minch; 'on The North Coast Of Skye'; Fanny Peat
Canmore ID 295370
Site Number NG47SE 8002
NGR NG 46 72
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/295370
- Council Highland
- Parish Kilmuir
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG47SE 8002 unlocated
NLO: Skye [name centred NG 45 35].
(Classified as schooner: no cargo specified: date of loss cited as 16 November 1844). Fanny Peat: this vessel was wrecked on the N coast of Skye. Capt. Welsh.
Registration: Maryport. Built 1840. 76 tons burthern. Length: 17m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 40.0 W6 15.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially tentative, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 23 July 2008.
Loss (16 November 1844)
(Classified as schooner: no cargo specified: date of loss cited as 16 November 1844). Fanny Peat: this vessel was wrecked on the N coast of Skye. Capt. Welsh.
Registration: Maryport. Built 1840. 76 tons burthern. Length: 17m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 40.0 W6 15.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (23 July 2008)
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially tentative, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 23 July 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 14319
Name : FANNY PEAT
Latitude : 574000
Longitude : 61500
Date Built : 1840
Registration : MARYPORT
Type : SCHOONER
Tonnage : 76
Tonnage Code : B
Length : 17
Beam : 5
Loss Day : 16
Loss Month : 11
Loss Year : 1844
Comment : Wrecked on the north coast of Skye. Capt. Welsh
