Leeuw: Nairn, Inner Moray Firth
Craft (19th Century)
Site Name Leeuw: Nairn, Inner Moray Firth
Classification Craft (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'At Nairn'; North Sea
Canmore ID 283452
Site Number NH85NE 8007
NGR NH
NGR Description Unlocated
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NH85NE 8007 unlocated
NLO: Nairn [name: NH 885 567].
Possibly on map sheet NH95NW.
Banff, 7th Dec. The LEEUW, of Schiedam, from Memel to Liverpool, is on shore at Nairn, and it is feared will go to pieces.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 13,323, London, Thursday December 11 1856.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 9294).
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998), presumably suggesting her successful recovery.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 13 October 2006.
