Maritime record MHG49808 - Margaret: Langwell, North Sea

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Location

Grid reference Centred ND 10 21 (20m by 20m)
Map sheet ND12SW
Operational Area CAITHNESS SUTHERLAND AND EASTER ROSS

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NMRS Report: (20/09/2006 15:11:46)
ND12SW 8004 c. 11 21
N58 10 W3 31

NLO: Berriedale [name: ND 121 229]
Dunbeath Bay [name centred ND 166 293].

Glasgow, 13th Oct. The MARGARET (sloop), from Inverness to Keiss, was driven on shore at Langwell during the gale 10th Oct., and went to pieces: crew and about a third of the cargo (tiles) saved.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 11,719, London, Tuesday October 14 1851.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 8700).

(Classified as sloop, with cargo of tiles; date of loss cited as 10 October 1851). Margaret: this vessel was wrecked at Langwell.
Registration: Inverness. Built 1851. 16 tons burthern. Length: 12m. Beam: 3m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 10.5 W3 30.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.

The location assigned to this loss is essentially tentative. Langwell [name: ND 103 218] lies inland.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 20 September 2006.



Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Dataset: RCAHMS. 02/2008. Annual update from Canmore. Digital. 282807.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2009 3:19PM

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