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Canton: Clach Mor Na Faraid, Faraid Head, Atlantic
Barque (19th Century)
Site Name Canton: Clach Mor Na Faraid, Faraid Head, Atlantic
Classification Barque (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Near Cape Abrath'; Farrouthead; Clachmore Rock; Farout Head; Cape Wrath; Pentland Firth; Canton
Canmore ID 246671
Site Number NC37SE 8002
NGR NC 398 711
NGR Description NC c. 398 711
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NC37SE 8002 c. 398 711
N58 35.9 W4 45.4
NLO: Faraid Head [name: NC 392 719]
Cape Wrath [name: NC 256 750]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
Possibly on map sheet NC47SW.
Location formerly entered as NC c. 38 71 [N58 36 W4 47].
28 August 1847. CANTON, 481 [gross tonnage]. Wrecked near Cape Abrath [Wrath], crew drowned.
Source: PP Return from Lloyd's books of Collisions, Accidents and Wrecks of Vessels 1847-50 (1851 (688) LII.1)
Rispond, (Loch Eriboll), 23rd Aug.. The bark CANTON, of Hull, bound to America, apparently in ballast, was totally wrecked at Farrouthead, near Cape Wrath, yesterday morning, during a heavy gale, and all on board perished.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 10,436, London, Saturday August 28 1847.
NMRS, MS/829/67 (no. 56).
(Classified as brig: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 22 August 1847). Canton: this vessel was wrecked at Clachmore Rock, Farout [Faraid] Head.
Registration: Hull. Built 1834. 481 tons burthern.
(Location of loss cited as N58 33.50 W4 40.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Clachmore Rock may be equated with Clach Mor na Faraid [name: NC 398 711].
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 14 July 2003.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 6586
Name : CANTON
Latitude : 583330
Longitude : 44000
Date Built : 1834
Registration : HULL
Type : BRIG
Tonnage : 481
Tonnage Code : B
Loss Day : 22
Loss Month : 8
Loss Year : 1847
Comment : Wrecked at Clachmore Rock, Farout Head.
