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Jeanne: Atlantic
Ship (19th Century)
Site Name Jeanne: Atlantic
Classification Ship (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Near Cape Wrath'; 'a Few Miles From Cape Wrath'; Pentland Firth; Jeanne
Canmore ID 285301
Site Number NC27NE 8026
NGR NC 25 75
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/285301
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NC27NE 8026 unlocated
NLO: Cape Wrath [name: ND 256 750]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
Wick, 7th Apl. The JEANNE (ship), of Dunkirk, has been totally wrecked a few miles from Cape Wrath: no trace of the crew: cargo, provisions, &c., partly saved.
Source: Additional Intelligence, LL, No. 17,153, London, Wednesday, April 7 [1869].
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 11632).
(Classified as [full-rigged] ship, with cargo of provisions and brandy: date of loss cited as 6 April 1869). Jeanne: total wreck a few miles from Cape Wrath.
Registration: Dunkirk.
(Location of loss cited as N58 38.0 W5 0.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 18 December 2006.
Loss (6 April 1869)
Wick, 7th Apl. The JEANNE (ship), of Dunkirk, has been totally wrecked a few miles from Cape Wrath: no trace of the crew: cargo, provisions, &c., partly saved.
Source: Additional Intelligence, LL, No. 17,153, London, Wednesday, April 7 [1869].
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 11632).
(Classified as [full-rigged] ship, with cargo of provisions and brandy: date of loss cited as 6 April 1869). Jeanne: total wreck a few miles from Cape Wrath.
Registration: Dunkirk.
(Location of loss cited as N58 38.0 W5 0.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (18 December 2006)
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 18 December 2006.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 5325
Name : JEANNE
Latitude : 583800
Longitude : 50000
Registration : DUNKIRK
Type : SHIP
Loss Day : 6
Loss Month : 4
Loss Year : 1869
Comment : Total wreck a few miles from Cape Wrath.
Cargo : PROVISIONS,BRANDY
