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Ocean Queen: Moray Firth
Schooner (19th Century)
Site Name Ocean Queen: Moray Firth
Classification Schooner (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) North Sea; Ocean Queen
Canmore ID 248110
Site Number ND40SW 8029
NGR ND 40 01
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/248110
- Council Maritime
- Parish Maritime - Offshore
- Former Region Not Applicable
- Former District Not Applicable
- Former County Not Applicable
ND40SW 8029 unlocated
Formerly entered as NH96NE 8003 (unlocated).
Possibly within Maritime - Moray or Maritime - Aberdeenshire, or beyond Scottish waters.
5 November 1851. OCEAN QUEEN, of Findhorn. Place - Moray Firth. Supposed to have been wrecked in, part of vessel was washed ashore. Lloyds List 6 November 1851. Shipping and Mercantile Gazette 6 November 1851.
Source: Admiralty Register of Wrecks and Casualties Strandeds of UK 1850 and 1851.
Aberdeen, 5th Nov. Parts of the wreck of the OCEAN QUEEN, of Findhorn, have washed ashore in the Moray Firth.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 11,739, London, Thursday November 6 1851
NMRS, MS/829/67 (no. 305).
(Classified as schooner: no cargo specified, but date cited as 5 November 1851). Ocean Queen: wreckage [was] washed ashore in the Moray Firth. (Nairn registry?). [No specific location or cause of loss cited or suggested].
Registration: Findhorn. Built 1847. 96 tons register.
(Location of loss cited as N58 0.00 W3 0.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet and quasi-administrative area assigned to this record are essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker. The loss of this vessel may alternatively have occurred within the areas that are designated Maritime-Moray or Maritime - Highland, or beyond Scottish waters.
The date cited is evidently that of the reported discovery of wreckage.
The cause of the loss of this vessel remains unclear. She most probably foundered.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 1 August 2003.
Evidence Of Loss (5 November 1851)
5 November 1851. OCEAN QUEEN, of Findhorn. Place - Moray Firth. Supposed to have been wrecked in, part of vessel was washed ashore. Lloyds List 6 November 1851. Shipping and Mercantile Gazette 6 November 1851.
Source: Admiralty Register of Wrecks and Casualties Strandeds of UK 1850 and 1851.
Aberdeen, 5th Nov. Parts of the wreck of the OCEAN QUEEN, of Findhorn, have washed ashore in the Moray Firth.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 11,739, London, Thursday November 6 1851
NMRS, MS/829/67 (no. 305).
(Classified as schooner: no cargo specified, but date cited as 5 November 1851). Ocean Queen: wreckage [was] washed ashore in the Moray Firth. (Nairn registry?). [No specific location or cause of loss cited or suggested].
Registration: Findhorn. Built 1847. 96 tons register.
(Location of loss cited as N58 0.00 W3 0.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (1 August 2003)
The map sheet and quasi-administrative area assigned to this record are essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker. The loss of this vessel may alternatively have occurred within the areas that are designated Maritime-Moray or Maritime - Highland, or beyond Scottish waters.
The date cited is evidently that of the reported discovery of wreckage.
The cause of the loss of this vessel remains unclear. She most probably foundered.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 1 August 2003.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 12468
Name : OCEAN QUEEN
Latitude : 580000
Longitude : 30000
Date Built : 1847
Registration : FINDHORN
Type : SCHOONER
Tonnage : 96
Tonnage Code : R
Loss Day : 5
Loss Month : 11
Loss Year : 1851
Comment : Wreckage washed ashore in the Moray Firth. (NAIRN registry?)
