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Loss
Date 17 January 1887
Event ID 556991
Category Documentary Reference
Type Loss
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/556991
(Classified as wooden steamship, with cargo of salt and wine: former name cited as Ansgarius, and date of loss as 17 January 1887). Caroline: this vessel was wrecked at Lorgill Bay, and lies in four sections across an area 600 yards in extent. Capt. Botner. (Built 1873?).
Registration: Norwegian. Built 1863. 516grt. Length: 48m. Beam: 9m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 22.17 W6 42.75).
I G Whittaker 1998.
