Maritime record MHG14797 - Embrace: Ornsay, Sound of Sleat
Summary
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 7102 1383 (80m by 80m) (Buffered by site type) |
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| Map sheet | NG71SW |
| Geographical Area | SKYE AND LOCHALSH |
| Old County | INVERNESS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | SLEAT |
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Full Description
NG71SW 8001 7103 1383
N 57 9.5 W 5 47.2
Formerly NG71SW 8526
Horizontal Datum = UND
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94gt, length 86.2, beam 18,5' draught 9.1'
EMBRACE was a steam trawler, built in 1907 by Mackie & Thomson, Glasgow, engine by C Houston & Co, Glasgow, registered in Inverness.
Source; Baird 1995
EMBRACE, wreck lies just north of Ornsay and due east of Duisdalemore.
Source; Ridley 1985.
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Circumstances of Loss Details
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26 August 1976. The hired drifter EMBRACE, which was built 1907 and saw service in World War I, grounded 2 August 1940 in Loch Alsh.
Source; Ships of the Royal Navy (Vol 2 p.118) by Colledge.
Surveying Details
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26 August 1976. The wreck, presumed to be the EMBRACE, lies off the coast of Skye, near Ornsay at 57 09 30N, 005 47 12W. It was located by sub-aqua divers from Inverness who are trying to purchase it.
Hydrographic Office, 1995.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
