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MHG52238 - WHITE HEAD: DRIMININ, MORVERN, SOUND OF MULL

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NM55SE 8007 c. 55 54
N56 37 W5 59
NLO: Drimin [name: NM 555 545]
Sound of Mull [name centred NM 58 46].
Possibly on map sheets NM55NW or NM55SW.
(Classified as iron steamship, with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 1902). White Head: this vessel stranded near Ardnacroish Point. See also N56 32.50 W5 51.50.
Registration: Belfast. Built 1880. 1145grt. Length: 75m. Beam: 9m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 37.0 W5 59.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this loss is essentially tentative, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker. The location of Ardnacroish Point cannot be determined from the available map evidence, but the loss may have occurred near Drimnin Ferry Terminal (NM55SE 39) at NM 55642 53873.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 9 April 2008. <1>

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Grid reference	NM 5500 5399 (point)
Map sheet	NM55SE
Geographical Area	MARITIME

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