Maritime record MHG52168 - JOANNA: SHIELDAIG, LOCH SHIELDAIG, LOCH TORRIDON

NG85SW 8003 c. 81 53
N57 31 W5 39
NLO: Shieldaig [name: NG 814 539]
Loch Shieldaig [name centred NG 800 554]
Loch Torridon [name centred NG 76 59].
(Classified as sloop: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 1857). Joanna: this vessel was lost at Shieldaig.
Registration: Inverness. Built 1802. 14 tons burthern. Length: 10m. Beam: 3m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 32.0 W5 40.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
It remains uncertain whether the vessel stranded or foundered; the former explanation appears the more probable.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 31 July 2008. <1>