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Fleurs: Tiree, Atlantic
Ship (19th Century)
Site Name Fleurs: Tiree, Atlantic
Classification Ship (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Passage Of Tiree; Fleurs
Canmore ID 294114
Site Number NL94NW 8016
NGR NL 92 45
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/294114
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Maritime - Argyll And Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NL94NW 8016 unlocated
NLO: Tiree [name centred NM 00 45].
(Classified as [full-rigged] Ship, with general cargo: date of loss cited as 10 December 1841). Fleurs: this vessel was wrecked on Tiree. Capt. Thompson.
(Location of loss cited as N56 30.0 W7 0.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker. It remains unclear on which side of this island the vessel stranded.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 24 April 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 14268
Name : FLEURS
Latitude : 563000
Longitude : 70000
Type : SHIP
Loss Day : 10
Loss Month : 12
Loss Year : 1841
Comment : Wrecked on Tiree. Capt. Thompson
Cargo : GENERAL
