MHG52091 - LOCH ARKAIG: SOUND OF SLEAT

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Type and Period (2)

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

Protected Status

  • None recorded

Full Description

NM69NE 8011 unlocated
NLO: Mallaig [name: NM 675 970]
Sound of Sleat [name centred NG 72 09].
(Classified as wooden steamship: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 28 March 1979). Loch Arkaig: this vessel foundered at Mallaig, was refloated and sunk at sea. Where?
Registration: Glasgow. Built 1942. 179grt. Length: 34m. Beam: 7m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 0.0 W5 55.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially tentative. The location of the final sinking of this vessel remains unknown, but was presumably within the Sound of Sleat.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 14 March 2008. <1>

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Map

Location

Grid reference SV 0000 0000
Map sheet SV00SW
Geographical Area MARITIME

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