Maritime record MHG48750 - Active: Handa Island, North Minch
Summary
No summary available.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 13 47 (20m by 20m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC14NW |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Operational Area | CAITHNESS SUTHERLAND AND EASTER ROSS |
Map
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Full Description
NMRS Report: (14/09/2005)
NC14NW 8004 c. 13 48
N58 23 W5 12
Possibly on map sheet NC14NE.
NLO: Handa Island [name centred NC 136 481]
Cape Wrath [name: NC 256 750]
Scourie Bay (name centred NC 145 455).
Thurso, 31st Aug. `The sloop ACTIVE, Watson, from South Uist to Newcastle, sprung a leak off Island Handa, 29th inst., & soon after sunk; crew saved.¿
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 8579, London, Tuesday September 7 1841.
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 7629).
(Classified as sloop: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 29 August 1841). Active: this vessel foundered off Handa. Capt. Watson.
(Location of loss cited as N58 25.0 W5 30.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SHG24123 Dataset: RCAHMS. 02/2008. Annual update from Canmore. Digital. 275062.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2009 3:19PM
