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Jannets: Skye
Sloop (19th Century)
Site Name Jannets: Skye
Classification Sloop (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Off Skye'; Sea Of The Hebrides; The Little Minch; Inner Sound; Sound Of Sleat; Jannets
Canmore ID 295933
Site Number NG21NE 8017
NGR NG 28 17
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/295933
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NG21NE 8017 unlocated
NLO: Skye [name centred NG 45 35].
(Classified as sloop: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as December 1832). Jannets: this vessel was lost off Skye.
Registration: Glasgow. Built 1807. 21 tons burthern. Length: 10m. Beam: 4m.
(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. The location cited by Whittaker is presumably arbitrary.
It remains unclear off which side of this extensive island the vessel (presumably) foundered.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 20 August 2008.
Loss (December 1832)
(Classified as sloop: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as December 1832). Jannets: this vessel was lost off Skye.
Registration: Glasgow. Built 1807. 21 tons burthern. Length: 10m. Beam: 4m.
(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. The location cited by Whittaker is presumably arbitrary.
It remains unclear off which side of this extensive island the vessel (presumably) foundered.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 20 August 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 17652
Name : JANNETS
Latitude : 571000
Longitude : 63000
Date Built : 1807
Registration : GLASGOW
Type : SLOOP
Tonnage : 21
Tonnage Code : B
Length : 10
Beam : 4
Loss Month : 12
Loss Year : 1832
Comment : Lost off Skye.
