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Prince George: Skye
Brig (19th Century)
Site Name Prince George: Skye
Classification Brig (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Sea Of The Hebrides; The Little Minch; Inner Sound; Sound Of Sleat; Prince George
Canmore ID 295932
Site Number NG21NE 8012
NGR NG 28 17
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/295932
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NG21NE 8012 unlocated
NLO: Skye [name centred NG 45 35].
(Classified as brig: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as December 1836). Prince George: this vessel stranded on Skye. All gone? Still on register in 1850. Lost c. 1857.
Registration: Alloa. Built 1789. 312 tons burthern.
(Location of loss cited as N57 10.0 W6 30.0).
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 (December 1836)
(Classified as brig: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as December 1836). Prince George: this vessel stranded on Skye. All gone? Still on register in 1850. Lost c. 1857.
Registration: Alloa. Built 1789. 312 tons burthern.
(Location of loss cited as N57 10.0 W6 30.0).
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 : 15169
Name : PRINCE GEORGE
Latitude : 571000
Longitude : 63000
Date Built : 1789
Registration : ALLOA
Type : BRIG
Tonnage : 312
Tonnage Code : B
Loss Month : 12
Loss Year : 1836
Comment : Stranded on Skye. AG? Still on register in 1840. Lost ~1857
