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Commiles: Kyle Of Lochalsh, Kyle Akin
Steam Trawler (20th Century)
Site Name Commiles: Kyle Of Lochalsh, Kyle Akin
Classification Steam Trawler (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Daily Herald; Amiral Marquer; Matthew Flynn; Loch Alsh; Commiles (Ex. Daily Herald, ...)
Canmore ID 295754
Site Number NG72NE 8028
NGR NG 75 26
NGR Description NG c. 75 26
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/295754
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NG72NE 8028 c. 75 26
N57 16 W5 44
NLO: Kyle of Lochalsh [name: NG 762 272]
Loch Alsh [name centred NG 80 25]
Kyle Akin [name centred NG 758 268].
Possibly on map sheet NG72NW.
(Classified as Steam Trawler: former names cited as Daily Herald, Amiral Marquer and Matthew Fynn, and date of loss as 30 December 1948). Commiles: this vessel stranded in Kyle of Lochalsh.
Registration: Granton. Built 1918. 276grt. Length: 38m. Beam: 7m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 16.0 W5 40.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Kyle of Lochalsh is presumably to be equated with Kyle Akin.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 13 August 2008.
Loss (30 December 1948)
(Classified as Steam Trawler: former names cited as Daily Herald, Amiral Marquer and Matthew Fynn, and date of loss as 30 December 1948). Commiles: this vessel stranded in Kyle of Lochalsh.
Registration: Granton. Built 1918. 276grt. Length: 38m. Beam: 7m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 16.0 W5 40.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (13 August 2008)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Kyle of Lochalsh is presumably to be equated with Kyle Akin.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 13 August 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 5701
Name : COMMILES (EX. DAILY HERALD, ...)
Latitude : 571600
Longitude : 54000
Date Built : 1918
Registration : GRANTON
Type : STEAM TRAWLER
Tonnage : 276
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 38
Beam : 7
Draught : 4m
Loss Day : 30
Loss Month : 12
Loss Year : 1948
Comment : Stranded in Kyle of Lochalsh
