Victoria: Atlantic
Barque (19th Century)
Site Name Victoria: Atlantic
Classification Barque (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Off The North Coast Of Scotland'; Pentland Firth; North Sea; Victoria
Canmore ID 285337
Site Number HX21NE 8002
NGR HX 27 16
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/285337
- Council Maritime
- Parish Maritime - Offshore
- Former Region Not Applicable
- Former District Not Applicable
- Former County Not Applicable
HX21NE 8002 unlocated
NLO: Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
Possibly within Maritime - Western Isles, Maritime - Orkney or Maritime - Shetland.
Greenock, 14th Jan. The VICTORIA (barque), of Sandefjord, from Sundswall to Fleetwood, was abandoned off the North coast of Scotland, on the 3rd Jan.: crew landed here by the QUEEN ELIZABETH, arrived, to-day, from Pillau.
Source, LL, No. 17,706, London, Monday, January 16 1871.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 11925).
(Classified as barque: no cargo specified, but date cited as 3 January 1871). Victoria: this vessel was abandoned off the North coast of Scotland. How far? And then what?
Registration: Sandefjord.
(Location of loss cited as N59 0.0 W5 0.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location of loss and quasi-administrative area assigned to this record are arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location that is cited by Whittaker and adjusted to fall within the permitted range of RCAHMS coordinates. It remains unknown where and when the vessel finally stranded or foundered. The date cited by Whittaker is that of abandonment.
The loss of this vessel may have occurred within the quasi-administrative areas that are designated as Maritime - Western Isles, Maritime - Orkney or Maritime - Shetland.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 19 December 2006.
Loss (3 January 1871)
Greenock, 14th Jan. The VICTORIA (barque), of Sandefjord, from Sundswall to Fleetwood, was abandoned off the North coast of Scotland, on the 3rd Jan.: crew landed here by the QUEEN ELIZABETH, arrived, to-day, from Pillau.
Source, LL, No. 17,706, London, Monday, January 16 1871.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 11925).
(Classified as barque: no cargo specified, but date cited as 3 January 1871). Victoria: this vessel was abandoned off the North coast of Scotland. How far? And then what?
Registration: Sandefjord.
(Location of loss cited as N59 0.0 W5 0.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (19 December 2006)
The location of loss and quasi-administrative area assigned to this record are arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location that is cited by Whittaker and adjusted to fall within the permitted range of RCAHMS coordinates. It remains unknown where and when the vessel finally stranded or foundered. The date cited by Whittaker is that of abandonment.
The loss of this vessel may have occurred within the quasi-administrative areas that are designated as Maritime - Western Isles, Maritime - Orkney or Maritime - Shetland.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 19 December 2006.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 9359
Name : VICTORIA
Latitude : 590000
Longitude : 50000
Registration : SANDEFJORD
Type : BARQUE
Loss Day : 3
Loss Month : 1
Loss Year : 1871
Comment : Abandonded off the north coast of Scotland. How far? And then what?
