Maritime record MHG51986 - UNKNOWN: AM BALG, NORTH MINCH
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Location
Grid reference | NC 184 661 (point) |
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Map sheet | NC16NE |
Geographical Area | MARITIME |
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Full Description
NC16NE 8001 c. 185 662
N58 32.8 W5 7.2
NLO: Am Balg [name: NC 185 662]
Cape Wrath [name: NC 256 750].
(Classified as sloop, with cargo of tar and butter: date of loss cited as 20 October 1845). Unknown: this vessel was wrecked near Bulzie Island, nine miles South of Cape Wrath. 55 tons burthern.
(Location of loss cited as N58 32.50 W5 8.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record are essentially tentative. Bulzie Island is not noted as such on the 1997 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map, but is presumably to be equated with one of the group of skerries known as Am Balg.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 15 June 2008. <1>
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SHG24110 Dataset: RCAHMS. 01/2009. Annual update from Canmore. Digital. 295002.
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- None recorded
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Record last edited
Mar 2 2009 12:57PM