Maritime record MHG47973 - Mariner: Dornoch Sands, Dornoch Firth
Summary
No summary available.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 78 86 (20m by 20m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH78NE |
| Operational Area | CAITHNESS SUTHERLAND AND EASTER ROSS |
Map
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Full Description
NMRS Report: (18/12/2006 12:05:57)
NH78NE 8002 c. 79 87
N57 51 W4 2
NLO: Dornoch Sands [name centred NH 788 874]
Dornoch [name: NH 798 895]
Dornoch Firth [name centred NH 87 89].
Possibly on map sheet NH88NW.
A large vessel, supposed to be the MARINER of Newcastle, was wrecked 26th ult., on Dornock [Dornoch] Sands, and all the crew drowned.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 4663, London, Friday May 8 1812.
NMRS, MS/829/70 (no. 5751).
(Classified as brig: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 26 April 1812). Mariner: this vessel [was] wrecked on Dornoch Sands. Registration: Newcastle.
(Date of loss cited as N57 52 W4 5).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SHG24123 Dataset: RCAHMS. 02/2008. Annual update from Canmore. Digital. 270660.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2009 3:19PM
