Maritime record MHG52146 - ECONOMY: SOUND OF RAASAY

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Grid reference SV 00 00
Map sheet SV00SW
Geographical Area MARITIME

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NG53NW 8002 unlocated
NLO: Isle of Raasay [name centred NG 56 41]
Sound of Raasay [name centred NG 55 55].
(Classified as steam drifter, with general cargo: registration number cited as BCK 173, and date of loss of 26 March 1923). Economy: [in] collision and sunk at [the] entrance to [the] Sound of Rassay [Raasay], in 25 fathoms.
Registration: Buckie. Built 1906. 78grt. Length: 26m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 22.0 W6 7.0).
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.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 7 August 2008. <1>

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Dataset: RCAHMS. 01/2009. Annual update from Canmore. Digital. 295675.

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Record last edited

Mar 2 2009 12:57PM

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