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Cygonie: Camas Mor, Trotternish, Skye, Little Minch
Steamship (20th Century)
Site Name Cygonie: Camas Mor, Trotternish, Skye, Little Minch
Classification Steamship (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Loch Snizort; Camus More; Point Of Rhu; Rubha Hunish; Cygonie
Canmore ID 295382
Site Number NG37SE 8001
NGR NG 371 709
NGR Description NG c. 371 709
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/295382
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NG37SE 8001 c. 371 709
N57 39.1 W6 24.4
NLO: Camas Mor [name centred NG 371 709]
Loch Snizort [name centred NG 32 61]
Skye [name centred NG 45 35].
(Classified as wooden steamship, with cargo of empty barrels: date of loss cited as 24 November 1919). Cygonie: this vessel was wrecked at Camus More [Camas Mor], Point of Rhu, Skye.
Registration: Granton. Built 1904. 80grt. Length: 27m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 39.00 W6 24.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. That of Point of Rhu cannot be determined from the avalaible map evidence, but the name may apply to Rubha Hunish [name: NG 407 770], the northernmost point of Skye.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 23 July 2008.
Loss (24 November 1919)
(Classified as wooden steamship, with cargo of empty barrels: date of loss cited as 24 November 1919). Cygonie: this vessel was wrecked at Camus More [Camas Mor], Point of Rhu, Skye.
Registration: Granton. Built 1904. 80grt. Length: 27m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 39.00 W6 24.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (23 July 2008)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. That of Point of Rhu cannot be determined from the avalaible map evidence, but the name may apply to Rubha Hunish [name: NG 407 770], the northernmost point of Skye.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 23 July 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 13013
Name : CYGONIE
Latitude : 573900
Longitude : 62430
Date Built : 1904
Registration : GRANTON
Type : SS (WOOD)
Tonnage : 80
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 27
Beam : 5
Loss Day : 24
Loss Month : 11
Loss Year : 1919
Comment : Wrecked at Camus More, Point of Rhu, Skye.
Cargo : EMPTY BARRELS
