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Driver: Hilton Of Cadboll, North Sea
Schooner (19th Century)
Site Name Driver: Hilton Of Cadboll, North Sea
Classification Schooner (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Tarbat Ness; Tarbetness; Moray Firth; Driver
Canmore ID 286035
Site Number NH87NE 8006
NGR NH 87 76
NGR Description NH c. 87 76
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/286035
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NH87NE 8006 c. 87 76
N57 46 W3 54
NLO: Hilton of Cadboll [name: NH 873 767]
Tarbat Ness [name: NH 949 878].
Lossiemouth, 17th Jan. The DRIVER, of Fraserburgh, from Sunderland to Tain Firth, with coals, stranded yesterday at Hilton [of Cadboll], near Tabetness [Tarbat Ness] lighthouse, and is likely to become a complete wreck.
Source, LL, No. 17,708, London, Wednesday, January 18 1871.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 11933).
(Classified as schooner, with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 16 January 1871). Driver: this vessel was stranded at Hilton, Tarbetness [Tarbat Ness], and was expected to become a wreck.
Registration: Banff. Built 1863. 63 tons burthern. Length: 20m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 46.00 W3 53.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. Tarbatness Lighthouse (NH98NW 11.00) is at NH 94695 87559.
The classification cited by Whittaker remains unverified, but is accepted.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 29 January 2007.
Loss (16 January 1871)
Lossiemouth, 17th Jan. The DRIVER, of Fraserburgh, from Sunderland to Tain Firth, with coals, stranded yesterday at Hilton [of Cadboll], near Tabetness [Tarbat Ness] lighthouse, and is likely to become a complete wreck.
Source, LL, No. 17,708, London, Wednesday, January 18 1871.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 11933).
(Classified as schooner, with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 16 January 1871). Driver: this vessel was stranded at Hilton, Tarbetness [Tarbat Ness], and was expected to become a wreck.
Registration: Banff. Built 1863. 63 tons burthern. Length: 20m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 46.00 W3 53.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (29 January 2007)
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. Tarbatness Lighthouse (NH98NW 11.00) is at NH 94695 87559.
The classification cited by Whittaker remains unverified, but is accepted.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 29 January 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 12818
Name : DRIVER
Latitude : 574600
Longitude : 35330
Date Built : 1863
Registration : BANFF
Type : SCHOONER
Tonnage : 63
Tonnage Code : B
Length : 20
Beam : 5
Loss Day : 16
Loss Month : 1
Loss Year : 1871
Comment : Stranded at Hilton, Tarbetness and expected wreck.
Cargo : COAL
