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Eagle: Fladda-chuain, Little Minch
Steam Drifter (20th Century)
Site Name Eagle: Fladda-chuain, Little Minch
Classification Steam Drifter (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) A 874; North Minch; 'on A Reef At [the] West End Of Fladdachuain Or Eilean Fladday'; Raasay; Sound Of Raasay; Eagle (A 874)
Canmore ID 295581
Site Number NG38SE 8006
NGR NG 356 816
NGR Description NG c. 356 816
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/295581
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NG38SE 8006 c. 356 816
N57 44.8 W6 26.6
NLO: Fladda-chuain [name: NG 361 815]
Sound of Raasay [name centred NG 55 55].
(Classified as Steam Drifter: registration number cited as A 874, and date of loss as 28 September 1919). Eagle: this vessel stranded on a reef at [the] West end of Fladdachuain [Fladda-chuain], or Eilean Fladday.
Registration: Aberdeen. Built 1879. 45grt.
(Location of loss cited as N57 29.0 W6 2.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. An alternative location on Eilean Fladday [name centred NG 588 510] immediately W of Raasay is implied by Whittaker, but is not accepted as this island is alligned N-S, and has no West end as such.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 4 August 2008.
Loss (28 September 1919)
(Classified as Steam Drifter: registration number cited as A 874, and date of loss as 28 September 1919). Eagle: this vessel stranded on a reef at [the] West end of Fladdachuain [Fladda-chuain], or Eilean Fladday.
Registration: Aberdeen. Built 1879. 45grt.
(Location of loss cited as N57 29.0 W6 2.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (4 August 2008)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. An alternative location on Eilean Fladday [name centred NG 588 510] immediately W of Raasay is implied by Whittaker, but is not accepted as this island is alligned N-S, and has no West end as such.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 4 August 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 7020
Name : EAGLE (A 874)
Latitude : 572900
Longitude : 60200
Date Built : 1879
Registration : ABERDEEN
Type : STEAM DRIFTER
Tonnage : 45
Tonnage Code : G
Loss Day : 28
Loss Month : 9
Loss Year : 1919
Comment : Stranded on a reef at west end of Fladdachuain or Eilean Fladday. Capt. Webster
