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Unknown: Atlantic
Brig (19th Century)
Site Name Unknown: Atlantic
Classification Brig (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Near Cape Wrath'; Pentland Firth
Canmore ID 294900
Site Number NC27NE 8030
NGR NC
NGR Description Unlocated
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/294900
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NC27NE 8030 unlocated
NLO: Cape Wrath [name: ND 256 750]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
(Classified as Brig: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 1 April 1814). Unknown: this vessel was taken and sunk by Scourge, privateer, near Cape Wrath. (Not Symmetry or Union).
(Location of loss cited as N58 40.0 W5 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. This falls immediately N of Cape Wrath.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 23 June 2008.
