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MHG52052 - ARCADIA: POINT OF STOER, NORTH MINCH

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NC03SW 8005 c. 003 329
N58 14.4 W5 24.1
NLO: Point of Stoer [name: NC 022 356].
(Classified as Trawler: registration cited as INS 207, and date of loss as 22 June 1983). Arcadia: this vessel hit rocks and sank below the lighthouse at Stoer Point [Point of Stoer]. Capt. Smith.
Registration: Lossiemouth. Built 1967. Length: 19m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 15.83 W5 22.40).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the description of loss that is cited by Whittaker. Point of Stoer lighthouse (NC03SW 6) is at NC 0037 3296.
The location that he cites places the loss at Point of Stoer itself, some 3km to the NNE.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 28 August 2008. <1>

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Grid reference	NC 0029 3290 (point)
Map sheet	NC03SW
Geographical Area	MARITIME

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