Maritime record MHG51945 - UNKNOWN: STRATHNAVER, ATLANTIC

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Location

Grid reference SV 00 00
Map sheet SV00SW
Geographical Area MARITIME

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

NC66SE 8006 unlocated
NLO: Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
Possibly on map sheet NC76SW.
(No classification specified: cargo cited as beef and provisions, and date of loss as 21 November 1772). Hopewell: this vessel was wrecked at Norsel Point, Strathnaver. Capt. Wallace. Registration: Irvine.
(Location of loss cited as N58 33.0 W4 15.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location that is cited by Whittaker. Norsel Point is not noted as such on the 1999 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map.
Infirmation from RCAHMS (RJCM), 25 June 2008. <1>

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Dataset: RCAHMS. 01/2009. Annual update from Canmore. Digital. 294999.

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Mar 2 2009 12:57PM

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