Maritime record MHG47900 - Excelsior: Loch Bay, Skye, Little Minch
Summary
No summary available.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 26 54 (20m by 20m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG25SE |
| Operational Area | CAITHNESS SUTHERLAND AND EASTER ROSS |
Map
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Full Description
NMRS Report: (03/02/2005)
NG25NE 8004 c. 26 55
N57 30 W6 34
NLO: Loch Bay [name centred NG 260 555]
Dunvegan [name: NG 252 477].
Possibly on map sheet NG25SE.
EXCELSIOR, 76 tons, White, from Thurso for Whitehaven, with cargo of flash (?flax), is ashore in Loch Bay, near Dunvegan, Isle of Skye. (Dunvegan, Oct. 3, 9.20 a.m.).
Source: Shipping Intelligence, LL, No. 21,351, London, Wednesday October 4 [1882].
NMRS, MS/829/70 (no. 5377).
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998), suggesting that she was successfully recovered.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 3 February 2005.
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SHG24123 Dataset: RCAHMS. 02/2008. Annual update from Canmore. Digital. 270322.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2009 3:19PM
