Bess: Whiteness Bay, Inner Moray Firth
Ship (19th Century)
Site Name Bess: Whiteness Bay, Inner Moray Firth
Classification Ship (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Nairn; Whiteness Head; 'near Fort George'; Bess
Canmore ID 291814
Site Number NH85NW 8007
NGR NH 80 59
NGR Description NH c. 80 59
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NH85NW 8007 c. 80 58
N57 36 W4 0
NLO: Whiteness Head [name: NH 803 587]
Fort George [name: NH 762 567]
Nairn [name: NH 885 567].
Possibly on map sheet NH75NE.
(Classified as [full-rigged] ship, with cargo of merino rams: date of loss cited as October 1803). Bess: this vessel was wrecked in Whiteness Bay, near Fort George. Capt. Cunningham. For sale October 1803.
Registration: Liverpool. 128 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N57 36.33 W4 0.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative, the shingle spit of Whiteness Head having presumably developed significantly (towards the W) since the loss.
The major artillery fortification of Fort George (NH75NE 3.00) is at NH 76079 56674.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 12 December 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 9488
Name : BESS
Latitude : 573620
Longitude : 40000
Registration : LIVERPOOL
Type : SHIP
Tonnage : 128
Loss Month : 10
Loss Year : 1803
Comment : Wrecked in Whiteness Bay, near Fort George. Capt. Cunningham. For sale 10/1803
Cargo : MERINO RAMS
