Maritime record MHG52047 - GANNET: LITTLE MINCH

NG15NE 8003 unlocated
NLO: Dunvegan Head [name: NG 176 568]
Loch Dunvegan [name centred NG 21 53]
Skye [name centred NG 45 35].
(Classified as wooden schooner: date of loss cited as June 1876). Gannet: this vessel was lost off Dunvegan Head.
Registration: Leith. Built 1844. 40grt. Length: 16m. Beam: 4m.
(location of loss cited as N57 30.75 W6 43.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker. It remains unclear whether the loss occurred with Loch Dunvegan or out in the Little Minch.
This vessel apparently foundered, rather than stranded.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 31 July 2008. <1>