Maritime record MHG14751 - Winchester: Eilean a Chonnaidh, Cape Wrath

Summary

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Location

Grid reference Centred NC 2018 5724 (80m by 80m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC25NW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish DURNESS

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

NC25NW 8000 2018 5724
N 58 28 W 5 5

Formerly NC25NW 8461

Quality of fix = PA
Horizontal Datum = OGB

Circumstances of Loss Details
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The steam drifter WINCHESTER ran aground on rocks to the west of Cape Wrath. It slipped off and sank in deep water.
Source; Lloyds.


Surveying Details
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20 April 1933. A position of 58 28 00N, 005 05 00W is given.
Report by Royal Naval Shore Sig station Dunnet Head.

Hydrographic Office, 1995.

Built by Dundee Ship Building Co, engine by A Shanks & Son, Abroath. One report puts her north of Eilean a Connaidh, while another suggests she went ashore half a mile north west of Loch Alsh.
Source; Baird 1995

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Baird, B. 1995. Shipwrecks of the West of Scotland. 261.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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