Zoe: Tomnahurich, Caledonian Canal
Smack (20th Century)
Site Name Zoe: Tomnahurich, Caledonian Canal
Classification Smack (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Inverness; Zoe
Canmore ID 293509
Site Number NH64SE 8001
NGR NH 655 438
NGR Description NH c. 655 438
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NH64SE 8001 c. 655 438
N57 27.9 W4 14.6
Possibly on map sheet NH64SW.
(Classified as wooden smack, with cargo of slates: date of loss cited as 15 April 1907). Zoe: this vessel stranded at Tomnahurich, Caledonian Canal. Capt. Cumming.
Registration: Inverness. Built 1883. 21 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N56 51.50 W5 4.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. The Tomnahurich Swing Bridge (NH64SE 53.01) crosses the Caledonian canal at NH 6550 4384.
It remains unclear whether or not this vessel was successefully recovered. No remains were presumably left in this confined location.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 20 March 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 14793
Name : ZOE
Latitude : 565130
Longitude : 50400
Date Built : 1883
Registration : INVERNESS
Type : SMACK (WOOD)
Tonnage : 21
Loss Day : 15
Loss Month : 4
Loss Year : 1907
Comment : Stranded at Tomnahurich, Caledonian Canal. Capt. Cumming
Cargo : SLATES
