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Unknown: Inner Moray Firth
Craft (19th Century)
Site Name Unknown: Inner Moray Firth
Classification Craft (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'To The East Of Nairn Harbour'; North Sea
Canmore ID 291872
Site Number NH85NE 8024
NGR NH 88 58
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/291872
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NH85NE 8024 unlocated
NLO: Nairn [name: NH 885 567].
Possibly on map sheet NH95NW.
(Classified as Fishing Boat: date of loss cited as 18 December 1845). Unknown: this vessel was wrecked to the East of Nairn Harbour. Registration: Nairn.
(Location of loss cited as N57 35.5 W3 51.0).
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. Nairn Harbour ((NH85NE 54.00) is centred at NH 88889 57185.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 13 December 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 18037
Name : UNKNOWN 1845
Latitude : 573530
Longitude : 35100
Registration : NAIRN
Type : FISHING BOAT
Loss Day : 18
Loss Month : 12
Loss Year : 1845
Comment : Wrecked to the east of Nairn Harbour.
