Maritime record MHG47017 - Victory: Gairlochy, Caledonian Canal
Summary
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NN 176 841 (20m by 20m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NN18SE |
| Operational Area | CAITHNESS SUTHERLAND AND EASTER ROSS |
| Geographical Area | LOCHABER |
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Full Description
NMRS Report: (05/03/2004)
NN18SE 8001 c. 177 842
N56 54.8 W4 59.7
See also NN06SW 8008.
NLO: Gairlochy [name: NN 177 842].
Fort William, N.B., 7th Feb., the schooners VICTORY and SOHO are now lying at Gairlochy (Caledonian canal) with their cargoes (barley) much damaged, and will have to discharge.
Source: Shipping Intelligence, LL, No. 18,660, London, Tuesday February 10 1874.
Fort William, 8th Feb., the SOHO (schr.), McGregor, bound to Islay, with barley, reported yesterday as lying at Gairlochy with damage, is now on the Corran rocks, and likely to become a wreck: the wind is from the East, causing an increase of danger. [Record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/70 (no. 4063).
The loss of the Victory is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998). The Caledonian Canal enters the S end of Loch Lochy at NN 1823 8463.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 5 March 2004.
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SHG24123 Dataset: RCAHMS. 02/2008. Annual update from Canmore. Digital. 255274.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2009 3:19PM
