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Rosanna: Atlantic
Barque (19th Century)
Site Name Rosanna: Atlantic
Classification Barque (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Near Cape Wrath'; Pentland Firth; Rosanna
Canmore ID 282397
Site Number NC27NE 8024
NGR NC 26 79
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/282397
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NC27NE 8024 unlocated
NLO: Cape Wrath [name: ND 256 750]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
Dundee, 23rd Dec. The ROSANNA, of this port, from Liverpool to Newcastle, is reported to have foundered near Cape Wrath: crew (except the master) drowned.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 10,850, London, Wednesday December 27 [1848].
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 8437).
(Classified as barque: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 15 December 1848). Rosanna: this vessel foundered near Cape Wrath. Capt. Murray.
Registration: Dundee. Built 1823. 285 tons burthern. Length: 28m. Beam: 8m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 40.0 W5 0.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location that is cited by Whittaker. This falls immediately N of Cape Wrath.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 30 August 2006.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 14738
Name : ROSANNA
Latitude : 584000
Longitude : 50000
Date Built : 1823
Registration : DUNDEE
Type : BARQUE
Tonnage : 285
Tonnage Code : B
Length : 28
Beam : 8
Loss Day : 15
Loss Month : 12
Loss Year : 1848
Comment : Foundered near Cape Wrath. Capt. Murray
