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Conveyance: North Sea
Sloop (19th Century)
Site Name Conveyance: North Sea
Classification Sloop (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Off Brora'; Conveyance
Canmore ID 272807
Site Number NC90SW 8004
NGR NC 91 04
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/272807
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NC90SW 8004 unlocated
NLO: Brora [name: NC 909 040].
The CONVEYANCE, Ewing, from Londonderry to the East coast of Sutherland, was lost 16th instant off Brora. The crew and materials saved.'
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 6746, London, Tuesday May 29 1832.
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 7011).
(Classified as sloop: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 16 May 1832). Conveyance: this vessel was lost off Brora. Capt. Ewing.
Registration: Greenock. Built 1813. 37 tons burthern. Length: 14m. Beam: 4m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 1.00 W3 50.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker.
The vessel apparently foundered, rather than stranded.
The classification cited by Whittaker remains unverified, but is accepted.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 14 June 2005.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 1218
Name : CONVEYANCE
Latitude : 580100
Longitude : 35000
Date Built : 1813
Registration : GREENOCK
Type : SLOOP
Tonnage : 37
Tonnage Code : B
Length : 14
Beam : 4
Loss Day : 16
Loss Month : 5
Loss Year : 1832
Comment : Lost off Brora. Capt. Ewing
