Maritime record MHG11478 - Hixie 49: Vaig Bay, Sound of Sleat
Summary
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NM 6902 9782 (80m by 80m) (Buffered by site type) |
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| Map sheet | NM69NE |
| Old County | INVERNESS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | GLENELG |
| Geographical Area | LOCHABER |
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Full Description
The NGR given by the RCAHMS lies to the north west of Loch Ewe, so that in the Highland Council Maritime Databsae has been preferred.
JHooper, 20/9/2002
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NB70SW 8000 7412 0105
N 57 0 W 5 49
Formerly NB70SW 8452
Quality of fix = PA
Horizontal Datum = UND
Surveying Details
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1926. The position for the wreck of the HIXIE 49 is given as 57 00 00N, 005 49 00W, or 365 to 460 metres north of Mallaig Vaig Bay.
Hydrographic Office, 1995.
Drifter HIXIE 49 sank 400-500 yards north of Mallaig in Vaig Bay in 1926.
Source; Baird 1995
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SHG1942 Text/Publication/Volume: Baird, B. 1995. Shipwrecks of the West of Scotland. 261.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
