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Unknown: Inner Nairn Beach, Moray Firth
Yawl (19th Century)
Site Name Unknown: Inner Nairn Beach, Moray Firth
Classification Yawl (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) '0.5 Mile East Of Nairn'; North Sea; Unknown 1845
Canmore ID 291841
Site Number NH85NE 8017
NGR NH 89 58
NGR Description NH c. 89 58
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/291841
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NH85NE 8017 c. 89 57
N57 35 W3 51
NLO: Nairn [name: NH 885 567].
Possibly on map sheet NH95NW.
(Classified as yawl: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 19 December 1845). Unknown: this vessel was wrecked 0.5 miles East of Nairn. Registration: Cromarty.
(Location of loss cited as N57 35.67 W3 50.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 12 December 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 18038
Name : UNKNOWN 1845
Latitude : 573540
Longitude : 35030
Registration : CROMARTY
Type : YAWL
Loss Day : 19
Loss Month : 12
Loss Year : 1845
Comment : Wrecked 0.5 mile east of Nairn
