MHG47912 - Horta: Atlantic
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Type and Period (2)
- WRECK (Undated)
- CRAFT (Unknown date)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
NMRS Report: (08/09/2005)
NC27NE 8018 unlocated
NLO: Cape Wrath [name: NC 256 750]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
The HORTA, Barwife, from Belfast to Dronton, was captured 28th April, off Cape Wrath, by a French Privateer, and sunk.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 4463, London, Tuesday June 19 1804.
NMRS, MS/829/70 (no. 5529).
(No classification or cargo specified: date of loss cited as 28 April 1804). Horta (Hortree?): this vessel was captured by a French Privateer and sunk off Cape Wrath. Capt. Barwife.
(Location of loss cited as N58 40 W5 0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 8 September 2005.
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External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/270431 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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