Maritime record MHG48472 - Eagle: North Sea
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Location
Grid reference | Not recorded |
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Map sheet | Not recorded |
Operational Area | CAITHNESS SUTHERLAND AND EASTER ROSS |
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Full Description
NMRS Report: (20/05/2005)
ND23NE 8009 c. 27 35
NLO: Occumster [name: ND 265 357]
Clyth Mains [name: ND 280 362].
Aberdeen, 24th Sept. `The EAGLE, Horn, of Aberdeen, missed stays 21st inst., off the coast of Caithness, and went upon a rock between Occumster and Clyth, she afterwards fell off and went down. Crew saved.'
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 6885, London, Friday September 27 1833.
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 6853).
(Classified as hermaphrodite brig: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 21 September 1833). Eagle: this vessel foundered off Caithness, between Occumster and Clyth. Capt. Horne.
Registration: Aberdeen. Built 1826. 92 tons burthern. Length: 20m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 17.0 W3 15.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The NGR assigned to this record is essentially tentative. It remains unclear whether the vessel stranded or foundered; the former appears more probable.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 20 May 2005.
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SHG24123 Dataset: RCAHMS. 02/2008. Annual update from Canmore. Digital. 272557.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2009 3:19PM