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Marquis Of Stafford: Salachan Point, Loch Linnhe
Sloop (19th Century)
Site Name Marquis Of Stafford: Salachan Point, Loch Linnhe
Classification Sloop (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Fort William; Morvern; Camas Shalachain; Marquis Of Stafford
Canmore ID 248353
Site Number NM64NW 8012
NGR NM 60 46
NGR Description NM c. 60 46
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/248353
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NM64NW 8012 c. 60 46
N56 33 W5 54
NLO: Fort William [name: NN 105 740]
Loch Linnhe [name centred NM 86 47].
Possibly on map sheet NM54NE.
2 February 1852 MARQUIS OF STAFFORD, of ?, Liverpool to McDuff. Place - Fort William. Went ashore at Salachan Point. Cargo washed out, feared a total wreck. Mackenzie = master. Lloyds List 14 February 1852.
Source: PP Admiralty Register of Wrecks and other Casualties on Shores of the UK 1852 (1852-53 (983) LXI.1)
Inverness, 12th Feb. The MARQUIS OF STAFFORD, Mackenzie, from Liverpool to Macduff, went ashore at Salachan Point, (Fort William), 2nd Feb. The cargo is washed out, and it is feared she will become a total wreck. [Record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/67 (no. 338).
(Classified as sloop: date of loss cited as 19 January 1852). Marquis of Stafford: this vessel was wrecked at Salachan Point, near Fort William. Capt. McKenzie. (19/1/1851?)
Registration: Aberdeen. Built 1847. 47 tons burthern. Length: 14m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 42.0 W5 17.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Salachan Point is not noted as such on the 2000 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map but the name probably refers to the headland adjacent to Camas Shalachain [name: NM 612 466], on the N shore of the Sound of Mull.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 5 August 2003.
Loss (2 February 1851)
2 February 1852 MARQUIS OF STAFFORD, of ?, Liverpool to McDuff. Place - Fort William. Went ashore at Salachan Point. Cargo washed out, feared a total wreck. Mackenzie = master. Lloyds List 14 February 1852.
Source: PP Admiralty Register of Wrecks and other Casualties on Shores of the UK 1852 (1852-53 (983) LXI.1)
Inverness, 12th Feb. The MARQUIS OF STAFFORD, Mackenzie, from Liverpool to Macduff, went ashore at Salachan Point, (Fort William), 2nd Feb. The cargo is washed out, and it is feared she will become a total wreck. [Record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/67 (no. 338).
(Classified as sloop: date of loss cited as 19 January 1852). Marquis of Stafford: this vessel was wrecked at Salachan Point, near Fort William. Capt. McKenzie. (19/1/1851?)
Registration: Aberdeen. Built 1847. 47 tons burthern. Length: 14m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 42.0 W5 17.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (5 August 2003)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Salachan Point is not noted as such on the 2000 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map but the name probably refers to the headland adjacent to Camas Shalachain [name: NM 612 466], on the N shore of the Sound of Mull.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 5 August 2003.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 5039
Name : MARQUIS OF STAFFORD
Latitude : 564200
Longitude : 51700
Date Built : 1847
Registration : ABERDEEN
Type : SLOOP
Tonnage : 47
Tonnage Code : B
Length : 14
Beam : 5
Loss Day : 19
Loss Month : 1
Loss Year : 1852
Comment : Wrecked at Salachan Point, near Fort William. Capt. MacKenzie (19/1/1851?)
