Farmer: Atlantic
Brigantine (19th Century)
Site Name Farmer: Atlantic
Classification Brigantine (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Off Whitenhead'; Whiten Head; An Ceann Geal; Cape Wrath; Pentland Firth; Farmer
Canmore ID 275593
Site Number NC57NW 8001
NGR NC 50 78
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/275593
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NC57NW 8001 unlocated
NLO: Whiten Head or An Ceann Geal [name: NC 502 687]
Cape Wrath [name: NC 256 750]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
Formerly entered as NC56NW 8003 (unlocated).
Inverness, 19th Dec. 'The FARMER, of this port, from Liverpool to Hull, was totally lost off Whitenhead [Whiten Head] 6th inst.'.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 9605, London, Tuesday December 24 1844.
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 7911).
(Classified as brigantine: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 6 December 1844). Farmer: this vessel was lost off Whitenhead [Whiten Head].
Registration: Inverness. Built 1841. 80 tons burthern. Length: 18m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 40.0 W4 35.0).
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.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 3 October 2005.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 14325
Name : FARMER
Latitude : 584000
Longitude : 43500
Date Built : 1841
Registration : INVERNESS
Type : BRIGANTINE
Tonnage : 80
Tonnage Code : B
Length : 18
Beam : 5
Loss Day : 6
Loss Month : 12
Loss Year : 1844
Comment : Lost off Whitenhead.
