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MHG51966 - STAR DIVINE: KYLE AKIN

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NG72NE 8027 c. 75 26
N57 16 W5 44
NLO: Kyleakin [name: NG 754 263]
Loch Alsh [name centred NG 80 25]
Kyle Akin [name centred NG 758 268]
Skye [name centred NG 45 35].
Possibly on map sheet NG72NW.
(Classified as wooden drifter: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 1 February 1940). Star Divine: this vessel stranded at the narrows of Skye.
Registration: Peterhead. Built 1920. 94grt. Length: 27m. Beam: 6m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 17.0 W5 40.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. The Narrows of Skye are not noted as such on the 1998 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map, but the name presumably applies to the narrow passage of Kyle Akin.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 13 August 2008. <1>

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Grid reference	NG 7500 2600 (point)
Map sheet	NG72NE
Geographical Area	MARITIME

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