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Valiant: Riff Bank, Fort George, Inner Moray Firth
Smack (19th Century)
Site Name Valiant: Riff Bank, Fort George, Inner Moray Firth
Classification Smack (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Caledonian Canal; 'below Fort George'; Beauly Firth; Ardersier; Inverness Firth; Valiant
Canmore ID 286509
Site Number NH75NE 8008
NGR NH 76 56
NGR Description NH c. 76 56
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/286509
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NH75NE 8008 c. 76 56
N57 35 W4 4
NLO: Fort George [name: NH 762 567]
Ardersier [name: NH 782 550]
Inverness [name: NH 665 455].
Caledonian Canal, 9th Mar. The VALIANT (smack), of and for Port Madoc [Porthmadoc], from Cromarty Firth, with potatoes, ran upon the Riff bank, below Fort George, during a thick snow shower yesterday, and immediately broke up: crew saved.
Source: LL, No. 15,576, London, Saturday, March 12 1864.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 10598).
(Classified as smack, with cargo of potatoes: date of loss cited as 8 March 1864). Valiant: this vessel was wrecked on Riff Bank, near Fort George. Registration: Portmadoc.
(Location of loss cited as N57 35.0 W4 6.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. The major artillery fortification of Fort George (NH75NE 3.00) is at NH 76079 56674.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 19 February 2007.
Loss (8 March 1864)
Caledonian Canal, 9th Mar. The VALIANT (smack), of and for Port Madoc [Porthmadoc], from Cromarty Firth, with potatoes, ran upon the Riff bank, below Fort George, during a thick snow shower yesterday, and immediately broke up: crew saved.
Source: LL, No. 15,576, London, Saturday, March 12 1864.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 10598).
(Classified as smack, with cargo of potatoes: date of loss cited as 8 March 1864). Valiant: this vessel was wrecked on Riff Bank, near Fort George. Registration: Portmadoc.
(Location of loss cited as N57 35.0 W4 6.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (19 February 2007)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. The major artillery fortification of Fort George (NH75NE 3.00) is at NH 76079 56674.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 19 February 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 11452
Name : VALIANT
Latitude : 573500
Longitude : 40600
Registration : PORTMADOC
Type : SMACK
Loss Day : 8
Loss Month : 3
Loss Year : 1864
Comment : Wrecked on Riff Bank, near Fort George
Cargo : POTATOES
