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William H Welch (bow Portion): Sgeir Moal Mhoraidh Shuas, Rubha Nan Sasan, Loch Ewe, North Minch

Liberty Ship (20th Century)-(1944), Steamship (20th Century)-(1944)

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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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