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Free Mason: Loch Inver, North Minch
Sloop (19th Century)
Site Name Free Mason: Loch Inver, North Minch
Classification Sloop (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Free Masons; 'at The Entrance Of Loch Luver '; Lochinver
Canmore ID 272516
Site Number NC02SE 8003
NGR NC 06 22
NGR Description NC c. 06 22
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NC02SE 8003 c. 06 22
N58 9 W5 18
NLO: Loch Inver [name centred NC 075 219]
Lochinver [name: NC 093 225].
See also NH19SW 8018.
Ullapool, 19th March. 'The CASTLE, of this port, was wrecked on More Head, 13th inst. Crew saved. The FREE MASON, Stornaway [Stornoway] packet, was wrecked at the entrance of Loch Luver [Loch Inver] the same day. Crew saved.'
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 6623, London, Friday March 25 1831.
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 6775).
(Classified as sloop: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 13 March 1831). Free Masons: this vessel was wrecked at Lochinver.
Registration: Stornoway. Built 1819. 50 tons burthern. Length: 14m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 8.0 W5 20.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. A location of loss within the broader context of Loch Inver is preferred over one at Lochinver specifically.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 19 May 2005.
Loss (13 March 1831)
Ullapool, 19th March. 'The CASTLE, of this port, was wrecked on More Head, 13th inst. Crew saved. The FREE MASON, Stornaway [Stornoway] packet, was wrecked at the entrance of Loch Luver [Loch Inver] the same day. Crew saved.'
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 6623, London, Friday March 25 1831.
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 6775).
(Classified as sloop: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 13 March 1831). Free Masons: this vessel was wrecked at Lochinver.
Registration: Stornoway. Built 1819. 50 tons burthern. Length: 14m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 8.0 W5 20.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (19 May 2005)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. A location of loss within the broader context of Loch Inver is preferred over one at Lochinver specifically.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 19 May 2005.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 9480
Name : FREE MASONS
Latitude : 580800
Longitude : 52000
Date Built : 1819
Registration : STORNOWAY
Type : SLOOP
Tonnage : 50
Tonnage Code : B
Length : 14
Beam : 5
Loss Day : 13
Loss Month : 3
Loss Year : 1831
Comment : Wrecked at Lochinver.
