Williams: Atlantic
Sloop (19th Century)
Site Name Williams: Atlantic
Classification Sloop (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Off Cape Wrath'; Pentland Firth; Williams
Canmore ID 294899
Site Number NC27NE 8029
NGR NC 26 79
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/294899
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NC27NE 8029 unlocated
NLO: Cape Wrath [name: NC 256 750]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
(Classified as Sloop: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 1867). Williams: this vessel was lost off Cape Wrath.
Registration: Inverness. Built 1844. 20 tons burthern. Length: 12m. Beam: 4m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 40.0 W5 0.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet and quasi-administrative area assigned to this record are essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker. This falls immediately N of Cape Wrath.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 23 June 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 15631
Name : WILLIAMS
Latitude : 584000
Longitude : 50000
Date Built : 1844
Registration : INVERNESS
Type : SLOOP
Tonnage : 20
Tonnage Code : B
Length : 12
Beam : 4
Loss Year : 1867
Comment : Lost off Cape Wrath.
