Margaret: Langwell, North Sea
Sloop (19th Century)
Site Name Margaret: Langwell, North Sea
Classification Sloop (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Berriedale; Dunbeath; Margaret
Canmore ID 282807
Site Number ND12SW 8004
NGR ND 11 21
NGR Description ND c. 11 21
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND12SW 8004 c. 11 21
N58 10 W3 31
NLO: Berriedale [name: ND 121 229]
Dunbeath [name: ND 161 296].
Glasgow, 13th Oct. The MARGARET (sloop), from Inverness to Keiss, was driven on shore at Langwell during the gale 10th Oct., and went to pieces: crew and about a third of the cargo (tiles) saved.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 11,719, London, Tuesday October 14 1851.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 8700).
(Classified as sloop, with cargo of tiles; date of loss cited as 10 October 1851). Margaret: this vessel was wrecked at Langwell.
Registration: Inverness. Built 1851. 16 tons burthern. Length: 12m. Beam: 3m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 10.50 W3 30.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this loss is essentially tentative. Langwell [name: ND 103 218] lies inland.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 20 September 2006.
Loss (10 October 1851)
Glasgow, 13th Oct. The MARGARET (sloop), from Inverness to Keiss, was driven on shore at Langwell during the gale 10th Oct., and went to pieces: crew and about a third of the cargo (tiles) saved.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 11,719, London, Tuesday October 14 1851.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 8700).
(Classified as sloop, with cargo of tiles; date of loss cited as 10 October 1851). Margaret: this vessel was wrecked at Langwell.
Registration: Inverness. Built 1851. 16 tons burthern. Length: 12m. Beam: 3m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 10.50 W3 30.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (20 September 2006)
The location assigned to this loss is essentially tentative. Langwell [name: ND 103 218] lies inland.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 20 September 2006.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 12464
Name : MARGARET
Latitude : 581030
Longitude : 33000
Date Built : 1851
Registration : INVERNESS
Type : SLOOP
Tonnage : 16
Tonnage Code : B
Length : 12
Beam : 3
Loss Day : 10
Loss Month : 10
Loss Year : 1851
Comment : Wrecked at Langwell.
Cargo : TILES
