Maritime record MHG48566 - Venus: Kyle Akin, Loch Alsh
Summary
No summary available.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 75 26 (20m by 20m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG72NE |
| Geographical Area | SKYE AND LOCHALSH |
| Operational Area | CAITHNESS SUTHERLAND AND EASTER ROSS |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
NMRS Report: (21/06/2005)
NG72NE 8018 c. 75 26
N57 16 W5 44
Possibly on map sheet NG72NW.
NLO: Kyleakin [name: NG 754 263]
Loch Alsh [name centred NG 80 25]
Kyle Akin [name centred NG 758 268].
The VENUS, Primrose, struck on a ledge of sunken rocks off Kylesakin [Kyleakin], Lochalsh, 24th ult., and it was supposed would be wreck'd. Crew saved.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 7095, London, Friday October 2 1835.
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 7092).
(No classification or cargo specified: date of loss cited as 24 September 1835). Venus: this vessel was wrecked at Kyleakin. Registration: British.
(Location of loss cited as N57 17.0 W5 42.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SHG24123 Dataset: RCAHMS. 02/2008. Annual update from Canmore. Digital. 272890.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2009 3:19PM
