Maritime record MHG52169 - VICTORIA: ARDNAMURCHAN, SEA OF THE HEBRIDES

NM46NW 8008 unlocated
NLO: Point of Ardnamurchan [name: NM 415 675]
Sound of Mull [name centred NM 58 46].
(Classified as sschooner: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 15 January 1842). Victoria: this vessel was wrecked at [on] Ardnamurchan. Capt. Dagleish.
Registration: Berwick. Built 1837. 88 tons burthern. Length: 18m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 44.0 W6 14.0).
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.
It remains uncertain whereabluts this vessel was lost off the extensive peninsula. The loss probably took place in the Sound of Mull, rather than in Loch Sunart.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 2 April 2008. <1>