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Mary Jane: Inner Moray Firth
Yawl (20th Century)
Site Name Mary Jane: Inner Moray Firth
Classification Yawl (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'One Mile Off Nairn'; North Sea; Mary Jane
Canmore ID 291816
Site Number NH85NE 8014
NGR NH 8755 5850
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/291816
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NH85NE 8014 unlocated
NLO: Nairn [name: NH 885 567].
(Classified as Yawl: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 14 January 1932). Mary Jane: this vessel capsized and sank 1 mile off Nairn. Capt. Davidson.
Registration: Nairn.
(Location of loss cited as N57 36.25 W3 53.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially tentative, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 12 December 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 9215
Name : MARY JANE
Latitude : 573615
Longitude : 35300
Registration : NAIRN
Type : YAWL
Loss Day : 14
Loss Month : 1
Loss Year : 1932
Comment : Capsized and sank 1 mile off Nairn. Capt. Davidson
