Elizabeth Mckenzie: Atlantic
Craft (19th Century)
Site Name Elizabeth Mckenzie: Atlantic
Classification Craft (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Off Cape Wrath'; Pentland Firth; Elizabeth Mckenzie
Canmore ID 285359
Site Number NC27SE 8006
NGR NC 268 742
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/285359
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NC27SE 8006 unlocated
NLO: Cape Wrath [name: NC 256 750]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
Scrabster, 18th Apl. The ELIZABETH MCKENZIE, McKenzie, of Inverness, which sailed hence 5th Apl., was reported seen to go down with all hands off Cape Wrath.
Source: LL, No. 14,989, London, Tuesday, April 22 1862.
Aberdeen, 30th Apl. The ELIZABETH MCKENZIE, McKenzie, from Scrabster to Ullapool, with potatoes, went down with all hands 12th Apl., a little to the E of Cape Wrath.
Source: LL, No. 14,997, London, Thursday, May 1 1862.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 10222).
(No classification or cargo specified: date of loss cited as 12 April 1862). Elizabeth McKenzie: this vessel foundered a little to the E of Cape Wrath. Capt. McKenzie.
(Location of loss cited as N58 37.5 W4 59.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 20 December 2006.
Loss (12 April 1862)
Scrabster, 18th Apl. The ELIZABETH MCKENZIE, McKenzie, of Inverness, which sailed hence 5th Apl., was reported seen to go down with all hands off Cape Wrath.
Source: LL, No. 14,989, London, Tuesday, April 22 1862.
Aberdeen, 30th Apl. The ELIZABETH MCKENZIE, McKenzie, from Scrabster to Ullapool, with potatoes, went down with all hands 12th Apl., a little to the E of Cape Wrath.
Source: LL, No. 14,997, London, Thursday, May 1 1862.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 10222).
(No classification or cargo specified: date of loss cited as 12 April 1862). Elizabeth McKenzie: this vessel foundered a little to the E of Cape Wrath. Capt. McKenzie.
(Location of loss cited as N58 37.5 W4 59.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (20 December 2006)
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 20 December 2006.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 11254
Name : ELIZABETH McKENZIE
Latitude : 583730
Longitude : 45900
Loss Day : 12
Loss Month : 4
Loss Year : 1862
Comment : Foundered a little to the east of Cape Wrath. Capt. McKenzie
