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Gustav Pederson: Faraid Head, Atlantic
Schooner (19th Century)
Site Name Gustav Pederson: Faraid Head, Atlantic
Classification Schooner (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Farout Head; Loch Eriboll; Cape Wrath; Pentland Firth; Gustav Pederson
Canmore ID 284087
Site Number NC37SE 8005
NGR NC 392 719
NGR Description NC c. 392 719
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/284087
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NC37SE 8005 c. 392 719
N58 36.3 W4 46.1
NLO: Faraid Head [name: NC 392 719]
Loch Eriboll [name centred NC 44 60]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81]
Cape Wrath [name: NC 256 750].
Loch Eribol, 1st May. A small Norwegian schooner, laden with staves and billet wood, has come ashore, bottom up, at Farout [Faraid] Head: name on life buoy, 'GUSTAV PEDERSON, Mandal': crew supposed to have perished.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 13,757, London, Friday May 7 1858.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 9507).
(Classified as schooner, with cargo of staves: date of loss cited as 1 May 1858). Gustav Pederson: this vessel stranded on Farout [Faraid] Head, Cape Wrath. Registration: Mandal.
(Location of loss cited as N58 37.33 W4 46.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative, being derived from the location of loss that is cited by Whittaker.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 31 October 2006.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 5163
Name : GUSTAV PEDERSON
Latitude : 583720
Longitude : 44600
Registration : MANDAL
Type : SCHOONER
Loss Day : 1
Loss Month : 5
Loss Year : 1858
Comment : Stranded Farout Head, Cape Wrath
Cargo : STAVES
