What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records William H Welch (bow Portion): Sgeir Moal Mhoraidh Shuas, Rubha Nan Sasan, Loch Ewe, North Minch as Liberty Ship (20th Century)-(1944), Steamship (20th Century)-(1944). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
The *William H. Welch* was a Liberty Ship built in the United States during World War II and transferred to the British Ministry of War Transport. It was torpedoed and sunk by the German U-boat U-432 on 27 April 1944 while en route from Loch Ewe to Belfast, with the loss of all 38 crew members.
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Places near here
Rubha Nan Sasan, Cove Battery, Arctic Convoy MemorialCommemorative Stone (20th Century), War Memorial (20th Century) · 306 yd
Rubha Nan Sasan, Cove BatteryBuilding (second World War) (1941)-(1945) · 385 yd
Rubha Nan SasanWeapons Pit (second World War) (1941)-(1945) · 566 yd
Sgeir Maol MhoraidhIslet · 1004 yd
Eilean Furadh BeagIslet · 1711 yd
Sròn nan ÒbanHeadland · 1.1 mi
Camas DubhBay · 1.2 mi
CoveDyke(s) (period Unassigned) · 1.2 mi
An CuaidhMountain / peak · 3.7 mi
Maol BreacMountain / peak · 3.9 mi
Moroccolo (possibly): Aultbea, Loch Ewe, North MinchCraft (20th Century) · 3.9 mi
Mellon Udrigle BeachBeach / strand · 5.2 mi