Maritime record MHG52175 - MARCHIONESS OF LORN: BALLACHULISH, LOCH LEVEN

Summary

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Location

Grid reference NN 055 597 (point)
Map sheet NN05NE
Geographical Area MARITIME

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Full Description

NN05NE 8007 c. 055 593
N56 41.3 W5 10.6
NLO: North Ballachulish [name centred NN 055 605]
South Ballachulish [name centred NN 051 950]
Ballachulish [village]: [name centred NN 080 583]
Loch Leven [name centred NN 09 59]
Loch Linnhe [name centred NM 86 47].
Possibly on map sheet NN05NW.
(Classifed as schooner: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 1857). Marchioness of Lorn: this vessel was lost at Balachullish.
Registration: inverness. Built 1845. 15 tons burthern. Length: 10m. Beam: 4m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 41.33 W5 10.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker. It remains unclear whether the vessel stranded or foundered.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 7 April 2008. <1>

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Dataset: RCAHMS. 01/2009. Annual update from Canmore. Digital. 293813.

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Record last edited

Mar 2 2009 12:57PM

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