MHG52189 - UNION: CROMARTY, CROMARTY FIRTH
Summary
No summary available.
Type and Period (2)
- WRECK (19th Century - 1801 AD to 1900 AD)
- SCHOONER (Unknown date)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
NH76NE 8024 c. 78 67
N57 41 W4 3
NLO: Cromarty [name: NH 786 677]
Cromarty Firth [name centred NH 69 67].
Cromarty, 20th Oct. The UNION (schr.), Rutherford, has dragged her anchor and run on the beach, where she remains, without damage.
Source: LL, No. 15,768, London, Monday, October 24 1864.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 10661).
(Classified as wooden schooner: no cargo or date of loss specified). Union: this vessel left Newcastle for Inverness on 13 February 1864 - not heard [of] since.
Registration: Inverness. Built 1847. 85grt. Length: 21m. Beam: 6m.
[No location of loss cited].
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
It remains uncertain whether or not the vessel was subsequently successfully recovered.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 24 December 2008. <1>
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Map
Location
| Grid reference | NH 7800 6699 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH76NE |
| Geographical Area | MARITIME |
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External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/297400 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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