Pandora: Dornoch Firth
Sloop (19th Century)
Site Name Pandora: Dornoch Firth
Classification Sloop (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Tarbat Ness; Portmahomack; 'about Two Miles From Port Mahornack '; 'two Miles North Of Port Mahomack'; Inner Moray Firth; North Sea; Pandora
Canmore ID 273792
Site Number NH97NW 8002
NGR NH 90 78
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/273792
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NH97NW 8002 unlocated
NLO: Tarbat Ness [name: NH 949 878]
Portmahomack [name: NH 915 843]
Dornoch Firth [name centred NH 87 89].
See also NJ06SW 8029.
Leith, 15th July. The PANDORA, of this port, Spence, trading between Cromarty and Helmsdale, capsized in 8 fathoms, about two miles from Port Mahornack [Portmahomack] 28th June: crew and a passenger saved: efforts had been made to raise her, but it was feared that both vessel and cargo would prove a total loss.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 13,196, London, Wednesday July 16 1856.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 9262).
(Classified as sloop: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 28 June 1856). Pandora: this vessel capsized and sank in 8 fathoms 2 miles North of Port Mahomack [Portmahomack]. Capt. Spence.
Registration: Leith.
(Location of loss cited as N57 47.00 W3 51.00).
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.
A location of loss near Tarbat Ness may be tentatively suggested, but it remains unclear whether this vessel sank within the Dornoch Firth or out in the Moray Firth, to the E.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 8 August 2005.
Loss (28 June 1856)
Leith, 15th July. The PANDORA, of this port, Spence, trading between Cromarty and Helmsdale, capsized in 8 fathoms, about two miles from Port Mahornack [Portmahomack] 28th June: crew and a passenger saved: efforts had been made to raise her, but it was feared that both vessel and cargo would prove a total loss.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 13,196, London, Wednesday July 16 1856.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 9262).
(Classified as sloop: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 28 June 1856). Pandora: this vessel capsized and sank in 8 fathoms 2 miles North of Port Mahomack [Portmahomack]. Capt. Spence.
Registration: Leith.
(Location of loss cited as N57 47.00 W3 51.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (8 August 2005)
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker.
A location of loss near Tarbat Ness may be tentatively suggested, but it remains unclear whether this vessel sank within the Dornoch Firth or out in the Moray Firth, to the E.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 8 August 2005.
Named Location (Nlo) (8 August 2005)
NLO: Tarbat Ness [name: NH 949 878]
Portmahomack [name: NH 915 843]
Dornoch Firth [name centred NH 87 89].
See also NJ06SW 8029.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 5094
Name : PANDORA
Latitude : 574700
Longitude : 35100
Registration : LEITH
Type : SLOOP
Loss Day : 28
Loss Month : 6
Loss Year : 1856
Comment : Capsized and sank in 8 fthms 2 miles north of Port Mahomack. Capt. Spence