Express: Cromarty Firth
Smack (19th Century)
Site Name Express: Cromarty Firth
Classification Smack (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Near Cromarty'; Firth Of Cromarty; Black Isle; Express
Canmore ID 285335
Site Number NH76NE 8019
NGR NH 78 68
NGR Description NH c. 78 68
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/285335
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NH76NE 8019 c. 78 67
N57 41 W4 3
NLO: Cromarty [name: NH 786 677]
Cromarty Firth [name centred NH 69 67].
See also NH76NE 8020.
Cromarty, 24th Feb. The EXPRESS (sloop), of Wick, with herrings, and the LIFEBOAT (schr.), of Scarboro', from Dingwall to Newcastle, with staves, were stranded near here this evening: crews saved.
Source: LL, No. 16,497, London, Tuesday, February 26 1867.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 11206).
(Classified as sloop, with cargo of herring: date of loss cited as 24 February 1867). Express: this vessel stranded near Cromarty. All gone? See Express May 1867?
Registration: Wick. Built 1861. Length: 24m. Beam: 6m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 41.00 W4 1.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 19 December 2006.
Loss (24 February 1867)
Cromarty, 24th Feb. The EXPRESS (sloop), of Wick, with herrings, and the LIFEBOAT (schr.), of Scarboro', from Dingwall to Newcastle, with staves, were stranded near here this evening: crews saved.
Source: LL, No. 16,497, London, Tuesday, February 26 1867.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 11206).
(Classified as sloop, with cargo of herring: date of loss cited as 24 February 1867). Express: this vessel stranded near Cromarty. All gone? See Express May 1867?
Registration: Wick. Built 1861. Length: 24m. Beam: 6m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 41.00 W4 1.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (19 December 2006)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 19 December 2006.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 11767
Name : EXPRESS
Latitude : 574100
Longitude : 40100
Date Built : 1861
Registration : WICK
Type : SLOOP
Length : 24
Beam : 6
Loss Day : 24
Loss Month : 2
Loss Year : 1867
Comment : Stranded near Cromarty. AG? See EXPRESS 5/1867?
Cargo : HERRING
