Unknown: Cape Wrath, Atlantic
Craft (19th Century)
Site Name Unknown: Cape Wrath, Atlantic
Classification Craft (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Pentland Firth
Canmore ID 272800
Site Number NC27NE 8019
NGR NC 256 750
NGR Description NC c. 256 750
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NC27NE 8019 c. 256 750
N58 37.7 W5 0.3
NLO: Cape Wrath [name: NC 256 750]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
Thurso, 13th Dec. 'There is a Russian vessel on shore at Cape Wrath, loaded with hemp and tallow: one man saved out of 15. The ship is gone to pieces.'
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 7013, London, Friday December 19 1834.
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 6987).
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 14 June 2005.