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Isabella Cook: Armadale Bay, Skye, Sound Of Sleat

Smack (19th Century)

Site Name Isabella Cook: Armadale Bay, Skye, Sound Of Sleat

Classification Smack (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Sea Of The Hebrides; Isabella Cook

Canmore ID 295712

Site Number NG60SW 8002

NGR NG 639 039

NGR Description NG c. 639 039

Datum Datum not recorded

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  • Council Highland
  • Parish Maritime - Highland
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Maritime
  • Former County Not Applicable

Archaeology Notes

NG60SW 8002 c. 639 039

N57 3.9 W5 53.7

NLO: Armadale Bay [name centred NG 639 039]

Skye [name centred NG 45 35]

Sound of Sleat [name centred NG 72 09].

(Classified as wooden smack: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as c. 1878). Isabella Cook: this vessel was wrecked in Armadale Bay, Skye.

Registration: Ardrossan. Built 1838. 26grt. Length: 13m. Beam: 4m.

(Location of loss cited as N57 3.20 W5 54.50).

I G Whittaker 1998.

The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative, being derived from the unverified location that is cited by Whittaker.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 11 August 2008.

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Loss (1878)

(Classified as wooden smack: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as c. 1878). Isabella Cook: this vessel was wrecked in Armadale Bay, Skye.

Registration: Ardrossan. Built 1838. 26grt. Length: 13m. Beam: 4m.

(Location of loss cited as N57 3.20 W5 54.50).

I G Whittaker 1998.

Note (11 August 2008)

The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative, being derived from the unverified location that is cited by Whittaker.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 11 August 2008.

Reference (2011)

Whittaker ID : 15875

Name : ISABELLA COOK

Latitude : 572000

Longitude : 64000

Date Built : 1838

Registration : ARDROSSAN

Type : SMACK (WOOD)

Tonnage : 26

Tonnage Code : G

Length : 13

Beam : 4

Loss Year : 1878

Comment : Wrecked in Armadale Bay, Skye. Circa. 1878

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