Maritime record MHG46486 - Cambria: The Bar, Moray Firth
Summary
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 92 60 (20m by 20m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH96SW |
| Operational Area | CAITHNESS SUTHERLAND AND EASTER ROSS |
| Geographical Area | NAIRN |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
NMRS Report: (15/12/2003)
NH96SW 8003 c. 92 60
N57 37 W3 48
NLO: The Bar [name: NH 92 60]
Nairn [name: NH 885 567].
Possibly on map sheet NH95NW.
18 November 1893, CAMBRIA, 23 years, of Wick. Wood ketch. 46 ton. 4 men. Master and owner J. Webster, Helmsdale. Leith to Helmsdale. General. 4 dead. Wind NE10. Old Barr, Moray Firth, Nairnshire.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1893-94 (1895 [C.7858] LXXXVII.327).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1186).
(Classified as wooden ketch, with general cargo: registration number cited as WK 958 and date of loss as 18 November 1893). This vessel stranded at Old Barr, 4 miles E of Nairn.
I G Whittaker 1998.
Old Barr is not noted as such on the 1996 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map. It is probably to be equated with the prominent mobile projection of The Bar.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 23 October 2003.
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SHG24123 Dataset: RCAHMS. 02/2008. Annual update from Canmore. Digital. 251590.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2009 3:19PM
