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Mary: Inner Moray Firth
Sloop (19th Century)
Site Name Mary: Inner Moray Firth
Classification Sloop (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Near Fort George'; Beauly Firth; Inverness Firth; Mary
Canmore ID 291904
Site Number NH75NE 8018
NGR NH 76 56
NGR Description NH c. 76 56
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NH75NE 8018 c. 76 56
N57 35 W4 4
NLO: Fort George [name: NH 762 567].
Not to be confused with NH75NE 8015 or NH85NW 8003.
(Classified as sloop: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 1833). Mary: this vessel was wrecked near Fort George.
Registration: Oban. Built 1805. 23 tons burthern. Length: 11m. Beam: 4m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 35.0 W4 4.5).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially tentative. The vessel presumably stranded.
The major artillery fortification of Fort George (NH75NE 3.00) is at NH 76079 56674.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 13 December 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 6847
Name : MARY
Latitude : 573500
Longitude : 40430
Date Built : 1805
Registration : OBAN
Type : SLOOP
Tonnage : 23
Tonnage Code : B
Length : 11
Beam : 4
Loss Year : 1833
Comment : Wrecked near Fort George.
