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Economy: Sound Of Raasay
Steam Drifter (20th Century)
Site Name Economy: Sound Of Raasay
Classification Steam Drifter (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Bck 173; 'at [the] Entrance To [the] Sound Of Rassay]; Economy (Bck 173)
Canmore ID 295675
Site Number NG53NW 8002
NGR NG 52 38
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/295675
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NG53NW 8002 unlocated
NLO: Isle of Raasay [name centred NG 56 41]
Sound of Raasay [name centred NG 55 55].
(Classified as steam drifter, with general cargo: registration number cited as BCK 173, and date of loss of 26 March 1923). Economy: [in] collision and sunk at [the] entrance to [the] Sound of Rassay [Raasay], in 25 fathoms.
Registration: Buckie. Built 1906. 78grt. Length: 26m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 22.0 W6 7.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 7 August 2008.
Loss (26 March 1923)
(Classified as steam drifter, with general cargo: registration number cited as BCK 173, and date of loss of 26 March 1923). Economy: [in] collision and sunk at [the] entrance to [the] Sound of Rassay [Raasay], in 25 fathoms.
Registration: Buckie. Built 1906. 78grt. Length: 26m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 22.0 W6 7.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (7 August 2008)
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 7 August 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 12858
Name : ECONOMY (BCK 173)
Latitude : 572200
Longitude : 60700
Date Built : 1906
Registration : BUCKIE
Type : STEAM DRIFTER
Tonnage : 78
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 26
Beam : 5
Loss Day : 26
Loss Month : 3
Loss Year : 1923
Comment : Collision and sunk at entrance to Sound of Rassay, in 25 fathoms.
Cargo : GENERAL
