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Lavinia: Atlantic
Smack (19th Century)
Site Name Lavinia: Atlantic
Classification Smack (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Off Cape Wrath'; Pentland Firth; Lavinia
Canmore ID 274842
Site Number NC19NE 8001
NGR NC 17 98
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/274842
- Council Maritime
- Parish Maritime - Offshore
- Former Region Not Applicable
- Former District Not Applicable
- Former County Not Applicable
NC19NE 8001 unlocated
NLO: Cape Wrath [name: NC 256 750]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
Formerly entered as NC27NE 8022 (unlocated).
Stromness, 28th Sept. 'The LAVINIA, from Castlehill to Glasgow, was abandoned off Cape Wrath this morning, in a sinking state.'
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 7982, London, Monday October 7 1839.
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 7488).
(Classified as smack, with cargo of flagstones: date of loss cited as 25 September 1839). Lavinia: this vessel was abandoned, sinking, off Cape Wrath. Capt. Jenkins.
Registration: Inverness. Built 1839. 45 tons burthern. Length: 13m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 50.0 W5 10.0).
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 date cited is that of abandonment, rather than loss.
It remains unclear where and whether the vessel subsequently foundered or was (less probably) driven ashore.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 8 September 2005.
Loss (25 September 1839)
Stromness, 28th Sept. 'The LAVINIA, from Castlehill to Glasgow, was abandoned off Cape Wrath this morning, in a sinking state.'
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 7982, London, Monday October 7 1839.
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 7488).
(Classified as smack, with cargo of flagstones: date of loss cited as 25 September 1839). Lavinia: this vessel was abandoned, sinking, off Cape Wrath. Capt. Jenkins.
Registration: Inverness. Built 1839. 45 tons burthern. Length: 13m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 50.0 W5 10.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (8 September 2005)
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker. The date cited is that of abandonment, rather than loss.
It remains unclear where and whether the vessel subsequently foundered or was (less probably) driven ashore.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 8 September 2005.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 14412
Name : LAVINIA
Latitude : 585000
Longitude : 51000
Date Built : 1839
Registration : INVERNESS
Type : SMACK
Tonnage : 45
Tonnage Code : B
Length : 13
Beam : 5
Loss Day : 25
Loss Month : 9
Loss Year : 1839
Comment : Abandoned, sinking, off Cape Wrath. Capt. Jenkins
Cargo : FLAGSTONES
