MHG52051 - SAPPHIRE: NORTH MINCH

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Type and Period (2)

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

Protected Status

  • None recorded

Full Description

NC03NW 8003 unlocated
NLO: Point of Stoer [name: NC 022 356]
Cape Wrath [name: NC 256 750].
(Classified as M[otor] V[essel]: no cargo specified, but registration cited as UL 194, and date of loss as 16 September 1977). Sapphire: this vessel sank near Stoer Point [Point of Stoer].
Length: 18m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 15.83 W5 22.40).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location that is cited by Whittaker. The vessel presumably foundered, and may have been a fishing vessel.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 28 August 2008. <1>

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Map

Location

Grid reference SV 0000 0000
Map sheet SV00SW
Geographical Area MARITIME

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