Unknown: Whiteness Head, Inner Moray Firth
Schooner (19th Century)
Site Name Unknown: Whiteness Head, Inner Moray Firth
Classification Schooner (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Nairn; Fort George; 'between Nairn And Fort St. George'
Canmore ID 283145
Site Number NH85NW 8006
NGR NH 803 588
NGR Description NH c. 803 588
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NH85NW 8006 c. 803 587
N57 36.2 W4 0.2
NLO: Whiteness Head [name: NH 803 587]
Fort George [name: NH 762 567]
Nairn [name: NH 885 567].
See also NH85NW 8003.
Possibly on map sheet NH75NE.
Cromarty, 4th Oct. A schooner and a sloop are reported to be on shore on Whiteness Head, between Nairn and Fort St. George.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 12,647, London, Saturday October 7 1854.
Cromarty, 7th Oct. The schooner reported ashore at Whiteness Head, 3rd Oct., is a Prussian, Kelmke, master, from Memel to Liverpool, with hemp, she was but a little damaged, and would be got off with the flood and proceed if the weather continued moderate.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 12,649, London, Tuesday October 10 1854.
Cromarty, 12th Oct. The Prussian schooner, Kelmke, Master, from Memel to Liverpool, which was ashore at Whiteness Head, 3rd Oct., has got off.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 12,654, London, Monday October 16 1854.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 9045).
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 loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998), presumably on account of her successful recovery.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 28 September 2006.
