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Patriot: Whiteness, Inner Moray Firth
Sloop (19th Century)
Site Name Patriot: Whiteness, Inner Moray Firth
Classification Sloop (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Nairn; Whiteness Head; Fort George; Patriot
Canmore ID 274647
Site Number NH85NW 8004
NGR NH 80 59
NGR Description NH c. 80 59
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NH85NW 8004 c. 80 58
N57 36 W4 0
NLO: Whiteness Head [name: NH 803 587]
Fort George [name: NH 762 567]
Nairn [name: NH 885 567].
Possibly on map sheet NH75NE.
Inverness, 12th Sept. 'The PATRIOT, from Dunbeath to Waterford, sunk at Whitness [Whiteness] last week: crew saved.'
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 7654, London, Monday September 17 1838.
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 7327).
(Classified as sloop: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 5 September 1838). Patriot: this vessel sank at Whiteness [Head].
Registration: Alloa. Built 1806. 40 tons burthern. Length: 14m. Beam: 4m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 37.0 W4 0.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative, the shingle spit of Whiteness Head having presumably developed significantly (towards the W) since the loss. The major artillery fortification of Fort George (NH75NE 3.00) is at NH 76079 56674.
The classification cited by Whittaker remains unverified.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 5 September 2005.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 14620
Name : PATRIOT
Latitude : 573700
Longitude : 40000
Date Built : 1806
Registration : ALLOA
Type : SLOOP
Tonnage : 40
Tonnage Code : B
Length : 14
Beam : 4
Loss Day : 5
Loss Month : 9
Loss Year : 1838
Comment : Sank at Whiteness.
