Maritime record MHG49081 - Admiral: Beri Geo, Portskerra, Pentland Firth

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Location

Grid reference Centred NC 86 65 (20m by 20m)
Map sheet NC86NE
Operational Area CAITHNESS SUTHERLAND AND EASTER ROSS

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Full Description

NMRS Report: (16/11/2005)
NC86NE 8014 c. 87 66
N58 34 W3 57

NLO: Portskerra [name: NC 877 657]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].

Not to be confused with NC86NE 8013.

(Classified as snow: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 28 January 1842). Admiral: this vessel was wrecked at Beri Geo, Portskerra. Registration: Sunderland. Check 16/3/1846 loss?
(Location of loss cited as N58 34.33 W3 56.5).
I G Whittaker 1998.

The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. Beri Geo is not noted as such on the 1999 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 16 November 2005.



Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Dataset: RCAHMS. 02/2008. Annual update from Canmore. Digital. 276750.

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2009 3:19PM

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