MHG50700 - Ceres: North Sea
Summary
No summary available.
Type and Period (2)
- WRECK (Undated)
- BRIGANTINE (Unknown date)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
NMRS Report: (15/05/2007 11:31:13)
ND65NW 8002 unlocated
NLO: Duncansby Head [name: ND 406 733].
(Classified as brigantine: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 29 June 1799). Ceres: this vessel was taken and sunk by privateer (Resolu) 4 leagues SE of Duncansby Head. [Capt.] Hutchinson.
Registration: Whitehaven. Built 1798. 93 tons burthern. Length: 20m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 30.0 W2 40.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker. The loss may have occurred within the quasi-administrative area that is designated as Maritime - Orkney.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 15 May 2007.
Sources/Archives (1)
Map
No mapped location recorded.
Location
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| Map sheet | Not recorded |
Finds (0)
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External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/288611 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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