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Fionella: Staffin Island, Trotternish, Skye, North Minch
Motor Fishing Vessel (20th Century)
Site Name Fionella: Staffin Island, Trotternish, Skye, North Minch
Classification Motor Fishing Vessel (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Pd 261; Staffin Bay; Fionella (Pd 261)
Canmore ID 295391
Site Number NG46NE 8003
NGR NG 492 693
NGR Description NG c. 492 693
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NG46NE 8003 c. 492 693
N57 38.6 W6 12.2
NLO: Staffin Bay [name centred NG 481 691]
Staffin Island [name: NG 492 693]
Skye [name centred NG 45 35].
(Classified as M[otor] F[ishing] V[essel]: registration cited as PD 261, and date of loss as 11 October 1985). Fionella: this vessel stranded on Staffin [Island], Skye. All gone?
Registration: Peterhead. Length: 20m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 38.67 W6 12.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. It remains uncertain whether the vessel stranded on the W (Staffin Bay) or E (North Minch) side of the island.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 23 July 2008.
Loss (11 October 1985)
(Classified as M[otor] F[ishing] V[essel]: registration cited as PD 261, and date of loss as 11 October 1985). Fionella: this vessel stranded on Staffin [Island], Skye. All gone?
Registration: Peterhead. Length: 20m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 38.67 W6 12.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (23 July 2008)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. It remains uncertain whether the vessel stranded on the W (Staffin Bay) or E (North Minch) side of the island.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 23 July 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 15929
Name : FIONELLA (PD 261)
Latitude : 573840
Longitude : 61200
Registration : PETERHEAD
Type : MFV
Length : 20
Loss Day : 11
Loss Month : 10
Loss Year : 1985
Comment : Stranded on Staffin, Skye. AG?
