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Princess Victoria: Skye
Smack (19th Century)
Site Name Princess Victoria: Skye
Classification Smack (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Off Skye'; Sea Of The Hebrides; The Little Minch; Inner Sound; Sound Of Sleat
Canmore ID 295942
Site Number NG43NW 8008
NGR NG
NGR Description Unlocated
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/295942
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NG43NW 8008 unlocated
NLO: Skye [name centred NG 45 35].
(Classified as wooden smack: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 21 April 1862). Princess Victoria: this vessel foundered off Skye. Capt. McLellan. (Which side/how far?)
(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.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 20 August 2008.
Loss (21 April 1862)
(Classified as wooden smack: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 21 April 1862). Princess Victoria: this vessel foundered off Skye. Capt. McLellan. (Which side/how far?)
(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.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 20 August 2008.
