Glommen: Embo, North Sea
Barque (19th Century)
Site Name Glommen: Embo, North Sea
Classification Barque (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Near Littleferry'; Glommen
Canmore ID 260921
Site Number NH89SE 8002
NGR NH 81 92
NGR Description NH c. 81 92
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NH89SE 8002 c. 81 92
N57 54 W4 0
NLO: Embo [name: NH 818 928]
Littleferry [name: NH 805 956].
20 March 1883, GLOMMEN, 43 yrs old, of Norway, wooden barque, 310 tons, 9 crew, Master E. Olsen, Owner A. Olsen, Frederikshald, Norway, departed Drontheim for Dieppe, carrying sawn timber, wind SE6, stranded, total loss, Embo, near Littleferry, Sutherlandshire.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK [Record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/69 (no. 3369).
(Classified as wooden barque, with cargo of sawn timber: date of loss cited as 20 March 1883). Glommen: this vessel stranded [at] Embo, near Littleferry, Sutherland. Capt. Olsen.
Registration: Norwegian. Built 1940. 310 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N57 54.50 W3 59.50).
I G Whitaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 9 July 2004.
Loss (20 March 1883)
20 March 1883, GLOMMEN, 43 yrs old, of Norway, wooden barque, 310 tons, 9 crew, Master E. Olsen, Owner A. Olsen, Frederikshald, Norway, departed Drontheim for Dieppe, carrying sawn timber, wind SE6, stranded, total loss, Embo, near Littleferry, Sutherlandshire.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK [Record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/69 (no. 3369).
(Classified as wooden barque, with cargo of sawn timber: date of loss cited as 20 March 1883). Glommen: this vessel stranded [at] Embo, near Littleferry, Sutherland. Capt. Olsen.
Registration: Norwegian. Built 1940. 310 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N57 54.50 W3 59.50).
I G Whitaker 1998.
Note (9 July 2004)
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 9 July 2004.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 3367
Name : GLOMMEN
Latitude : 575430
Longitude : 35930
Date Built : 1840
Registration : NORWEGIAN
Type : BARQUE (WOOD)
Tonnage : 310
Loss Day : 20
Loss Month : 3
Loss Year : 1883
Comment : Stranded Embo, near Littleferry, Sutherland. Capt. Olsen
Cargo : SAWN TIMBER
