Albacore: Atlantic
Smack (19th Century)
Site Name Albacore: Atlantic
Classification Smack (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Between Cape Wrath And Whitenhead'; Whiten Head; An Ceann Geal; Pentland Firth
Canmore ID 253901
Site Number NC37SE 8003
NGR NC
NGR Description Unlocated
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/253901
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NC37SE 8003 unlocated
NLO: Whiten Head or An Ceann Geal [name: NC 502 687]
Cape Wrath [name: NC 256 750]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
30th September 1858, ALBACORE, smack, 47 tons, 9 crew, in ballast, partial loss, 2 lives lost, wind WNW10, between Cape Wrath and Whitenhead.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK 1858 (1859 Session 1 [2475] XXV.557).
30 Sep 1858, ALBACORE, dismasted, partial loss.
Table 8, Wrecks and Casualties (exclusive of Collisions) occasioning Loss of Life during the Years 1851 to 1860.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK 1860 (1861 [2811] LVIII.335).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 2014).
The map sheet assigned to this record is arbitrary.
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998).
Informtion from RCAHMS (RJCM), 28 January 2004.
