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Legorpe: North Minch
Craft (20th Century)
Site Name Legorpe: North Minch
Classification Craft (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Loch Inver; 'near Lochinver'; Legorpe
Canmore ID 296528
Site Number NC02SE 8008
NGR NC 095 224
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/296528
- Council Highland
- Parish Assynt
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC02SE 8008 unlocated
NLO: Lochinver [name: NC 093 225]
Loch Inver [name centred NC 075 219].
(No classification or cargo specified: date of loss cited as 30 April 1994). Legorpe: this vessel stranded near Lochinver. All gone?
Built 1975. 296grt.
(Location of loss cited as N58 9.0 W5 14.5).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location that is cited by Whittaker. It remains uncertain whether the vessel was lost within Loch Inver or out in the Minch.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 3 October 2008.
Loss (30 April 1994)
(No classification or cargo specified: date of loss cited as 30 April 1994). Legorpe: this vessel stranded near Lochinver. All gone?
Built 1975. 296grt.
(Location of loss cited as N58 9.0 W5 14.5).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (3 October 2008)
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location that is cited by Whittaker. It remains uncertain whether the vessel was lost within Loch Inver or out in the Minch.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 3 October 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 15797
Name : LEGORPE
Latitude : 580900
Longitude : 51430
Date Built : 1975
Tonnage : 296
Tonnage Code : G
Loss Day : 30
Loss Month : 4
Loss Year : 1994
Comment : Stranded near Lochinver. AG?
