Maritime record MHG52248 - KNIGHT COMMANDER: CAPE WRATH, ATLANTIC

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Location

Grid reference NC 25 75 (point)
Map sheet NC27NE
Geographical Area MARITIME

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Full Description

NC27NE 8032 c. 25 75
N58 38 W5 1
NLO: Cape Wrath [name: ND 256 750]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
Possibly on map sheet NC27SE.
(Classified as Lugsail [lugger]: no cargo specified, but registration cited as CY 58, and date of loss as 8 December 1893). Knight Commander: this vessel was wrecked at Cape Wrath. Capt. McLean.
Registration: Boreray. 8 tons register. Length: 9m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 38.0 W5 0.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially tentative. The vessel presuably stranded.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 5 September 2005. <1>

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Dataset: RCAHMS. 01/2009. Annual update from Canmore. Digital. 294916.

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Record last edited

Mar 2 2009 12:57PM

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