Agnes Campbell: Rubh A' Mhill Bhain, Loch Inchard, North Minch
Schooner (19th Century)
Site Name Agnes Campbell: Rubh A' Mhill Bhain, Loch Inchard, North Minch
Classification Schooner (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Moulbain, South Side Loch Inchard'; Atlantic; Agnes Campbell
Canmore ID 256426
Site Number NC25NW 8007
NGR NC 20 55
NGR Description NC c. 20 55
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NC25NW 8007 c. 20 55
N58 27 W5 5
NLO: Loch Inchard [name centred NC 23 55]
Rubh a' Mhill Bhain [name: NC 210 553]
Cape Wrath [name: NC 256 750].
Possibly on map sheet NC15NE.
25 December 1874, AGNES CAMPBELL, 20yrs old, of Perth, wooden schooner, 70 tons, 4 crew, Master J. McLeod, Owner J. Mackie, departed Whitehaven for Thurso, carrying coal, wind W1, stranded, Moulbain [Rubh a' Mhill Bhain], S. side Loch Inchard.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK 1874 - 75 (1875 [C.1341] LXX.501).
Wick, 29th Dec., the AGNES CAMPBELL (schr.), of Perth, McLeod, from Whitehaven to Thurso, with coal, struck on a rock in turning out of Loch Inchart, 25th Dec., and was run ashore making five feet of water per hour: crew saved.
Source: Shipping Intelligence, LL, No. 18,944, London, Saturday January 9 1875.
NMRS, MS/829/69 (no. 2521).
(Classified as schooner: no cargo specified but date of loss cited as 26 December 1874). Agnes Campbell: this vessel was wrecked at Loch Inchard and sold as a wreck. Capt. Laren.
Registration: Perth. Built 1854. 70 tons burthern. Length: 19m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 27.0 W5 5.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 5 April 2004.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 15325
Name : AGNES CAMPBELL
Latitude : 582700
Longitude : 50500
Date Built : 1854
Registration : PERTH
Type : SCHOONER
Tonnage : 70
Tonnage Code : B
Length : 19
Beam : 5
Loss Day : 26
Loss Month : 12
Loss Year : 1874
Comment : Wrecked at Loch Inchard and sold as a wreck. Capt. Laren
