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Union: Atlantic
Craft (19th Century)
Site Name Union: Atlantic
Classification Craft (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'On [the] North Coast Of Scotland'; Pentland Firth; Union
Canmore ID 294910
Site Number NC87NW 8007
NGR NC 84 77
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/294910
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NC87NW 8007 unlocated
NLO: Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
(No classification or cargo specified: date of loss cited as 1827). Union: this vessel was wrecked on the North coast of Scotland.
Registration: Lerwick. Built 1804. 38nrt.
(Location of loss cited as N58 40.0 W4 0.0).
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.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 23 June 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 6475
Name : UNION
Latitude : 584000
Longitude : 40000
Date Built : 1804
Registration : LERWICK
Tonnage : 38
Tonnage Code : N
Loss Year : 1827
Comment : Wrecked on north coast of Scotland
