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Caledonia: Atlantic
Lugger (19th Century)
Site Name Caledonia: Atlantic
Classification Lugger (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Cape Wrath; Pentland Firth
Canmore ID 253878
Site Number NC28NE 8003
NGR NC
NGR Description Unlocated
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NC28NE 8003 unlocated
NLO: Cape Wrath [name: NC 256 750]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
Not to be confused with NC87SW 8002.
9th May 1885, CALEDONIA, 4 yrs old, not registered, wooden fishing lugger, 16 tons, 6 crew. Master and Owner C. Gordon, Port Gordon, Banff. Departed Port Gordon [Portgordon] for Stornoway in ballast. Loss of gear. One life lost. Wind NE10. 12 miles NE by E of Cape Wrath.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1884-85 (1887 [C.5094] LXXIV.247).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 2000).
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
This incident is not cited as a loss by I G Whittaker (1998), suggesting that the vessel was only damaged.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 28 January 2004.
