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Unknown: Firth Of Lorn
Craft (18th Century)
Site Name Unknown: Firth Of Lorn
Classification Craft (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Off Kerrera'; Sound Of Kerrera; Unknown 1789
Canmore ID 294379
Site Number NM72NE 8005
NGR NM 78 28
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/294379
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Maritime - Argyll And Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NM72NE 8005 unlocated
NLO: Firth of Lorn [name centred NM 69 19]
Sound of Kerrera [name centred NM 827 280].
(Classified as Open Boat: cargo cited as seaweed, and date of loss as 11 May 1789). Unknown: this vessel was upset off Kerrara. Eight lost.
(Location of loss cited as N56 24.0 W5 35.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker. It remains uncertain whether and where the wreck subsequently stranded.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 7 May 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 17041
Name : UNKNOWN 1789
Latitude : 562400
Longitude : 53500
Type : OPEN BOAT
Loss Day : 11
Loss Month : 5
Loss Year : 1789
Comment : Upset off Kerrera. 8 lost
Cargo : SEAWEED
