Maritime record 13725 - VICTOR: AIRD AN LAOIGH, SIOLAIGH, ATLANTIC

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Location

Grid reference NB 876 907 (point)
Map sheet NB89SE
Parish MARITIME, Western Isles

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NB89SE 8001c. 876 907
N58 45.1 W5 40.3

Formerly entered in error as NF89NW 8001 (unlocated and on arbitrary map sheet).

NLO: Siolaigh (Shillay) [name centred NB 881 913]
Aird an Laoigh [name: NB 877 907]
Siolaigh Bheag (Shillay Beg) [name centred NB 875 907]
Caolas na Hearadh (Sound of Harris): name centred NF 96 81
St Kilda [name: NF 09 99].

(Name cited as Viktor and classified as 4-masted schooner: date of loss cited as 2 August 1936). This vessel stranded between Shillay and Shillay Beg after hitting a rock at Saint Kilda.
I G Whittaker 1998.

Numrous 'pieces' were removed from this wreck after stranding, and were subsequently the subject of administrative or legal proceedings.
Information from Mr A Turner (School of Scottish Studies, University of Edinburgh), 19 Auust 2003.

REPORT DATE: 21/10/2004

Shillay Mor & Shillay Beag are directly west of Pabbay in the Sound of Harris, to which area this record was relocated.
MML 22.1.2007

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Record last edited

Jul 29 2005 12:00AM

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