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Margaretta: Inner Nairn, Moray Firth
Sloop (19th Century)
Site Name Margaretta: Inner Nairn, Moray Firth
Classification Sloop (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'At Nairn'; North Sea; Margaretta
Canmore ID 291866
Site Number NH85NE 8021
NGR NH 88 58
NGR Description NH c. 88 58
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NH85NE 8021 c. 88 57
N57 35 W3 52
NLO: Nairn [name: NH 885 567].
Possibly on map sheet NH95NW.
(Classified as sloop, with cargo of herring: date of loss cited as 29 November 1833). Margaretta: this vessel was wrecked at Nairn. Capt. Cameron.
Registration: Inverness. Built 1802. 26 tons burthern. Length: 11m. Beam: 4m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 35.50 W3 52.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM),13 December 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 9439
Name : MARGARETTA
Latitude : 573530
Longitude : 35200
Date Built : 1802
Registration : INVERNESS
Type : SLOOP
Tonnage : 26
Tonnage Code : B
Length : 11
Beam : 4
Loss Day : 29
Loss Month : 11
Loss Year : 1833
Comment : Wrecked at Nairn. Capt. Cameron
Cargo : HERRING
