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Loss
Date 9 November 1837
Event ID 559831
Category Documentary Reference
Type Loss
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/559831
Ullapool, 13th Nov. 'The NANCY, Sloan, from Liverpool to this quarter, was wrecked 9th inst., on Isle Martin: part of the cargo saved. The wind, for the last ten days, has been very boisterous from WNW.'
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 7397, London, Friday November 17 1837.
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 7252).
(Classified as smack, with general cargo: date of loss cited as 9 November 1837). Nancy: this vessel was wrecked on Isle Martin. Capt. Sloan.
Registration: Wigtown. Built 1803. 58 tons burthern. Length: 15m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 56.5 W5 14.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
