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Promotive: Loch Ewe, North Minch
Requisitioned Steam Drifter (20th Century)
Site Name Promotive: Loch Ewe, North Minch
Classification Requisitioned Steam Drifter (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Bck 17; Loch Ewe Entrance; Promotive (Bck 15)
Canmore ID 119402
Site Number NG89SW 8002
NGR NG 818 935
NGR Description NG c. 818 935
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NG89SW 8002 c. 818 935
N57 52.67 W5 40.73
NLO: Loch Ewe [name centred NG 84 86].
Formerly entered as NG89SW 8421 at cited location NG 8189 9349 [N57 52.6 W5 40.7]: location also cited as NG c. 82 92
[N57 52 W5 40].
Cross Ref: NG89SW 8001 GLEN ALBYN
(Classified as Wooden Drifter: registration number cited as BCK 15, and date of loss as 23 December 1939). Promotive: this vessel was expended in secret trials to counter magnetic mines.
Registration: Buckie. Built 1908. 78grt. Length: 25m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 52.67 W5 40.73).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location cited by Whittaker remains unverified, and it is uncertain whether or not any remains of this vessel survive. The cited location lies offshore, to the N of the SW side of the entrance to Loch Ewe.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 20 November 2007.
Loss (23 December 1939)
(Classified as Wooden Drifter: registration number cited as BCK 15, and date of loss as 23 December 1939). Promotive: this vessel was expended in secret trials to counter magnetic mines.
Registration: Buckie. Built 1908. 78grt. Length: 25m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 52.67 W5 40.73).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Named Location (Nlo) (18 July 1997)
NLO: Loch Ewe [name centred NG 84 86].
Formerly entered as NG89SW 8421 at cited location NG 8189 9349 [N57 52.6 W5 40.7]: location also cited as NG c. 82 92
[N57 52 W5 40].
Cross Ref: NG89SW 8001 GLEN ALBYN
Note (20 November 2007)
The location cited by Whittaker remains unverified, and it is uncertain whether or not any remains of this vessel survive. The cited location lies offshore, to the N of the SW side of the entrance to Loch Ewe.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 20 November 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 214
Name : PROMOTIVE (BCK 15)
Latitude : 575240
Longitude : 54044
Date Built : 1908
Registration : BUCKIE
Type : DRIFTER (WOOD)
Tonnage : 78
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 25
Beam : 5
Loss Day : 23
Loss Month : 12
Loss Year : 1939
Comment : Expended in secret trials to counter magnetic mines
