Lady Kyth: Sandside, Pentland Firth
Sloop (19th Century)
Site Name Lady Kyth: Sandside, Pentland Firth
Classification Sloop (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Sandside Bay; Sandside Head; North Sea; Lady Kyth
Canmore ID 288557
Site Number NC96NE 8016
NGR NC 96 65
NGR Description NC c. 96 65
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NC96NE 8016 c. 96 65
N58 34 W3 47
NLO: Sandside Bay [name: ND 963 657]
Sandside Head [name: ND 954 664]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
Possibly on map sheet NC96NW.
(Classified as sloop: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 1854). Lady Kyth: this vessel was lost at Sandside.
Registration: inverness. Built 1833. 20 tons burthern. Length: 11m. Beam: 4m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 34.0 W3 47.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tenttaive. It remains unclear whether the vessel stranded or foundered: the former appears more probable.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 14 May 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 15613
Name : LADY KYTH
Latitude : 583400
Longitude : 34700
Date Built : 1833
Registration : INVERNESS
Type : SLOOP
Tonnage : 20
Tonnage Code : B
Length : 11
Beam : 4
Loss Year : 1854
Comment : Lost at Sandside.