MHG52001 - AURILIA: PORTREE, SKYE, SOUND OF RAASAY

Summary

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Type and Period (2)

  • WRECK (20th Century - 1901 AD to 2000 AD)
  • DRIFTER (Unknown date)

Protected Status

  • None recorded

Full Description

NG44SE 8005 c. 49 42
N57 24 W6 11
NLO: Loch Portree [name centred NG 484 424]
Portree [name: NG 483 437]
Sound of Raasay [name centred NG 55 55]
Camas Ban [name centred NG 495 426]
Skye [name centred NG 45 35].
Possibly on map sheet NG54SW.
(Classified as steam drifter: date of loss cited as 29 January 1930). Aurilia: this vessel was in collision and sank off Cambusan [Camas Ban], Portree (Glencoe).
Registration: Banff. Built 1914. 37nrt. Length: 42m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 24.5 W6 10.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 6 August 2008. <1>

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Map

Location

Grid reference NG 4900 4200 (point)
Map sheet NG44SE
Geographical Area MARITIME

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