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Unknown: Skye
Craft(S) (20th Century)
Site Name Unknown: Skye
Classification Craft(S) (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Sea Of The Hebrides; The Little Minch; Inner Sound; Sound Of Sleat; Unknown 1934
Canmore ID 295928
Site Number NG11NE 8001
NGR NG 17 18
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/295928
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NG11NE 8001 unlocated
NLO: Skye [name centred NG 45 35].
(Classified as Fishing Vessels: date of loss cited as 18 January 1934). Unknown: six fishing boats reported wrecked on Skye.
(Location of loss cited as N57 10.0 W6 40.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. It remains unclear on which side of this extensive island the vessel stranded.
The location cited by Whittaker is presumably arbitrary.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 20 August 2008.
Loss (18 January 1934)
(Classified as Fishing Vessels: date of loss cited as 18 January 1934). Unknown: six fishing boats reported wrecked on Skye.
(Location of loss cited as N57 10.0 W6 40.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (20 August 2008)
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. It remains unclear on which side of this extensive island the vessel stranded.
The location cited by Whittaker is presumably arbitrary.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 20 August 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 14897
Name : UNKNOWN 1934
Latitude : 571000
Longitude : 64000
Type : FV'S
Loss Day : 18
Loss Month : 1
Loss Year : 1934
Comment : Six fishing boats reported wrecked on Skye.
