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Grantley: Kyle Rhea
Steamship (20th Century)
Site Name Grantley: Kyle Rhea
Classification Steamship (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Loch Alsh; Skye; Grantley
Canmore ID 295822
Site Number NG72SE 8011
NGR NG 79 22
NGR Description NG c. 79 22
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/295822
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NG72SE 8011 c. 79 22
N57 14 W5 40
NLO: Kyle Rhea [name centred NG 795 225]
Loch Alsh [name centred NG 80 25]
Skye [name centred NG 45 35].
Possibly on map sheet NG71NE, or NG82SW.
(Classified as steel steamship: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 12 July 1915). Grantley: this vessel stranded at Kyle Rhea, Skye. All gone?
Registration: West Hartlepool. Built 1908. 1869grt. Length: 85m. Beam: 12m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 15.0 W5 40.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
The unverified location that is cited by Whittaker falls inland.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 15 August 2008.
Loss (12 July 1915)
(Classified as steel steamship: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 12 July 1915). Grantley: this vessel stranded at Kyle Rhea, Skye. All gone?
Registration: West Hartlepool. Built 1908. 1869grt. Length: 85m. Beam: 12m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 15.0 W5 40.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (15 August 2008)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
The unverified location that is cited by Whittaker falls inland.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 15 August 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 9728
Name : GRANTLEY
Latitude : 571500
Longitude : 54000
Date Built : 1908
Registration : WEST HARTLEPOOL
Type : SS (STEEL)
Tonnage : 1869
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 85
Beam : 12
Draught : 5m
Loss Day : 12
Loss Month : 7
Loss Year : 1915
Comment : Stranded at Kyle Rhea. AG?
