Maritime record MHG52147 - POWERFUL: MUNLOCHY BAY, MORAY FIRTH

NH65SE 8002 c. 67 52
N57 32.0 W4 13.0
NLO: Munlochy Bay [name centred NH 672 528]
Munlochy [name: NH 646 533]
Inverness [name: NH 665 455].
(Classified as Lugsail [Lugger]: no cargo specified, but registration cited as BF 289, and date of loss as 8 January 1921). Powerful: this vessel caught fire and sank at Munlochy, 4 miles from Inverness. Capt. Sinclair.
Registration: Buckie. Built 1900. 41grt. Length: 21m. Beam: 6m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 32.75 W4 14.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
The village of Munlochy lies at the inland (W) end of the pronounced inlet of Munlochy Bay. This dries at Low Water.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 28 November 2007. <1>