Grateful: Old Man Of Stoer, North Minch

Also known as

Point Of Stoer; Atlantic; Grateful

Classifications: Drifter(20th Century)

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Location Details

Local authority: Highland

Parish: Maritime - Highland

Former region: Highland

Former district: Maritime

Former county: Not Applicable

This information is not for navigational purposes.

British National Grid (BNG) Coordinates: 201600, 935200

Ordnance Survey (OS) National Grid Reference: NC 016 352

Latitude: 58.26059Longitude: -5.38357

Datum: Datum not recorded

Further details

Site number: NC03NW 8004

National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE) ID: 296143

1 Note

Category: Descriptive accounts

Event reference: 860361

NC03NW 8004 c. 016 352
N58 15.7 W5 22.9

NLO: Point of Stoer [name: NC 022 356]
Old Man of Stoer [name: NC 016 352].

(Classified as Drifter: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 17 February 1953). Grateful: this vessel was wrecked at Old Man of Stoer.
Registration: Fraserburgh.
(Location of loss cited as N58 15.75 W5 23.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.

The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative, being derived from the unverified location that is cited by Whittaker. The vessel presumably stranded, and may have been a fishing vessel.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 28 August 2008.


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References

Whittaker I G. (1998) Off Scotland: a comprehensive record of maritime and aviation losses in Scottish waters, Edinburgh. Page(s): 262 RCAHMS Shelf Number: E.5.14.WHI