Maritime record MHG51978 - FORTITUDE: AVOCH, INNER MORAY FIRTH

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Grid reference NH 70 54 (point)
Map sheet NH75SW
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NH75SW 8003 c. 70 54
N57 33 W4 10
NLO: Avoch [name: NH 701 549]
Avoch Bay [name: NH 705 545].
Possibly on map sheets NH65SE or NH75NW.
(Classified as Fishing Boat: date of loss cited as 11 December 1796). Fortitude: this vessel was upset at Avoch, and eight lives lost. Registration: Avoch.
(Location of loss cited as N57 35.0 W4 8.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 13 December 2007. <1>

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  • <1> Dataset: RCAHMS. 01/2009. Annual update from Canmore. Digital. 291883.

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Mar 2 2009 12:57PM

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