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MHG46411 - Marquess Of Huntley: Portskerra, Pentland Firth

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NMRS Report: (14/05/2007 09:37:24)
NC86NE 8006 c. 87 66
N58 34 W3 57

NLO: Portskerra [name: NC 877 657]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].

8 September [1847], MSS OF HUNTLEY. Last [lost] at Port Skerray [Portskerra].
Source: PP Return from Lloyd's books of Collisions, Accidents and Wrecks of Vessels 1847-50 (1851 (688) LII.1).
NMRS, MS/829/67 (no. 58).

Thurso, 2nd Sept. The MCHSS. OF HUNTLEY, O'Dair, of Killough, from Liverpool to Port Skerray [Portskerra], is lost at the latter place: crew saved.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 10,443, London, Monday September 6 1847.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 8203).

No classification specified: cargo cited as salt, and date of loss as 1 September 1847). Marchioness of Huntly: this vessel was wrecked at PortSkerra [Portskerra], Melvich Bay. Capt. O'Dair. Registration: Killough.
(Location of loss cited as N58 34.0 W3 55.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.

The name and cargo cited by Whittaker remain unverified.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 14 May 2007.

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Grid reference	Centred NC 86 65 (20m by 20m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NC86NE

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