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Suzerain: Atlantic
Barque (19th Century)
Site Name Suzerain: Atlantic
Classification Barque (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'About 50 Miles N By E Of Cape Wrath'
Canmore ID 255988
Site Number HX40NE 8001
NGR HX
NGR Description Unlocated
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/255988
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
HX40NE 8001 unlocated
NLO: Cape Wrath [name: NC 256 750].
3 October 1872, SUZERAIN, of Scarboro', 3 yrs old, barque, 392 tons, 12 crew, Owner T. Hick, departed N. Shields for Rio Janeiro, carrying coal, collision, partial loss, 2 lives lost, wind NNW11, about 50 miles N by E of Cape Wrath.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK 1872 (1873 [C.877] LX.1).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 2439).
The map sheet assigned to this record is arbitrary, and the loss may have occurred within the quasi-administrative area designated as Maritime - Orkney.
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 24 March 2004.
