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Jessie Bannatyne: Inverness Harbour, Beauly Firth
Smack (19th Century)
Site Name Jessie Bannatyne: Inverness Harbour, Beauly Firth
Classification Smack (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Inner Moray Firth; Inverness Firth; Jessie Bannatyne
Canmore ID 264362
Site Number NH64NE 8007
NGR NH 664 462
NGR Description NH c. 664 462
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/264362
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NH64NE 8007 c. 664 462
N57 29.2 W4 13.7
NLO: Beauly Firth [name centred NH 59 47]
Inverness [name: NH 665 455].
Location formerly entered as NH c. 66 46 [N57 29 W4 14].
Inverness, 26th Feb., the JESSIE BANNATYNE (smack), of Ayr, with lime and wood, was scuttled, 20th Feb., the cargo having caught fire: a large portion of the cargo was destroyed.
Source: Shipping Intelligence, LL, No. 18,676, London, Saturday February 28 [1874].
NMRS, MS/829/70 (no. 4072).
(Classified as smack, with cargo of lime and wood: date of loss cited as 19 February 1874). Jessie Bannatyne: this vessel caught fire at Inverness harbour, and is now a total wreck. (Inverness registered at Ayr?)
Registration: Ayr.
(Location of loss cited as N57 29.5 W4 15.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. Inverness Harbour (NH64NE 129.00) is ill-defined.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 17 December 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 5436
Name : JESSIE BANNATYNE
Latitude : 572930
Longitude : 41500
Registration : AYR
Type : SMACK
Loss Day : 19
Loss Month : 2
Loss Year : 1874
Comment : Fire at Inverness Harbour, now a total wreck. (Inverness registered at Ayr?)
Cargo : LIME, WOOD
