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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 852587
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/852587
NH52NW 8004 c. 54 29
N57 20 W4 25
NLO: Loch Ness [name centred NH 531 273]
Urquhart Bay [name centred NH 527 294].
Not to be confused with NH52NW 8001.
Possibly on map sheet NH53SW.
(Classified as sloop: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 28 December 1852). Commodore: this vessel capsized in Loch Ness.
Registration: Greenock.
(Location of loss cited as N57 20.0 W4 25.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location cited by Whittaker may be arbitrary, but is accepted. It falls within or near Urquhart Bay, on the NW side of Loch Ness, near its NE end. It falls within the centre of the loch, E of Urquhart Bay, and near the NE end.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 8 February 2008.
