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Essex: Clachnaharry, Beauly Firth
Barque (19th Century)
Site Name Essex: Clachnaharry, Beauly Firth
Classification Barque (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Outside The Canal'; Caledonian Canal; Inverness; Kessock Narrows; Moray Firth
Canmore ID 261478
Site Number NH64NW 8001
NGR NH 64 47
NGR Description NH c. 64 47
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NH64NW 8001 c. 64 46
N57 29.0 W4 16.0
NLO: Inverness [name: NH 665 455].
Possibly on map sheet NH64NE.
Inverness, 1 January, the ESSEX (barque), when lightening outside the [Caledonian] canal, this morning, dragged her anchor and grounded astern: she lies stern on, three feet aground, low water, but is likely to get off on the afternoon's tide.
Source: Shipping Intelligence, Lloyd's List and Commercial Daily Chronicle, No. 18,005, London, Wednesday January 3 1872.
NMRS, MS/829/69 (no. 3660).
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998), presumably on account of her successful recovery.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 20 July 2004.
