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Unknown: Rum, Sound Of Rum, Sea Of The Hebrides
Galleon (16th Century)(Possible)
Site Name Unknown: Rum, Sound Of Rum, Sea Of The Hebrides
Classification Galleon (16th Century)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Rhum; Sound Of Rhum; Unknown 1588
Canmore ID 295946
Site Number NM29NE 8001
NGR NM 2 9
NGR Description Approximate
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/295946
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NM39NW 8004 unlocated
NLO: Rum [name centred NM 36 99]
Sound of Rum [name centred NM 41 89].
Possibly on map sheets or NG30SW.
(Classified as Galleon: date of loss cited as 1588). Unknown: folklore [account] of horses swimming ashore from wreck at Rhum [Rum].
Registration: Spanish.
(Location of loss cited as N57 0.0 W6 30.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 20 August 2008.
Loss (1588)
(Classified as Galleon: date of loss cited as 1588). Unknown: folklore [account] of horses swimming ashore from wreck at Rhum [Rum].
Registration: Spanish.
(Location of loss cited as N57 0.0 W6 30.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (20 August 2008)
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 20 August 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 1418
Name : UNKNOWN 1588
Latitude : 571000
Longitude : 63000
Registration : SPANISH
Type : GALLEON
Loss Year : 1588
Comment : Folklore of horses swimming ashore from wreck at Rhum.
