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Sea Flower: Cromarty Firth
Lugger (19th Century)
Site Name Sea Flower: Cromarty Firth
Classification Lugger (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Firth Of Cromarty; Cromarty
Canmore ID 252918
Site Number NH76NE 8010
NGR NH
NGR Description Unlocated
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/252918
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NH76NE 8010 unlocated
NLO: Cromarty Firth [name centred NH 69 67]
Cromarty [name: NH 786 677].
10 September 1885, SEA FLOWER, age unknown, not registered, wooden lugger, 1 ton, 3 crew. Departed Cromarty on pleasure trip, in ballast. Capsized, 3 lives lost. Wind W4. Cromarty Firth.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1885-86 (1887 [C.5196] LXXIV.449).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1938).
The map sheet allocated to this record is arbitrary. This loss is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998). A location off Cromarty [name: NH 787 677] may be indicated.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 17 December 2003.
I G Whittaker 1998.
