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Arvon: Applecross, Inner Sound
Schooner (19th Century)
Site Name Arvon: Applecross, Inner Sound
Classification Schooner (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'On The North Coast Of Applecross, Rosshire'; Arvon
Canmore ID 295493
Site Number NG76SW 8006
NGR NG 70 61
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/295493
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NG76SW 8006 unlocated
NLO: Applecross [name: NG 711 445]
Inner Sound [name centred NG 64 40].
(Classified as wooden schooner: no cargo cited, but date of loss cited as 2 November 1853). Arvon: this vessel foundered on the North coast of Applecross, Rosshire.
Registration: Caernarvon. Built 1841. 96 tons register.
(Location of loss cited as N57 35.0 W5 50.0).
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.
The cause of loss cited by Whittaker is self-contradictory. The vessel presumably stranded.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 29 July 2008.
Loss (2 November 1853)
(Classified as wooden schooner: no cargo cited, but date of loss cited as 2 November 1853). Arvon: this vessel foundered on the North coast of Applecross, Rosshire.
Registration: Caernarvon. Built 1841. 96 tons register.
(Location of loss cited as N57 35.0 W5 50.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (29 July 2008)
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker.
The cause of loss cited by Whittaker is self-contradictory. The vessel presumably stranded.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 29 July 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 12813
Name : ARVON
Latitude : 573500
Longitude : 55000
Date Built : 1841
Registration : CAERNARVON
Type : SCHOONER (WOOD)
Tonnage : 96
Tonnage Code : R
Loss Day : 2
Loss Month : 11
Loss Year : 1853
Comment : Foundered on the north coast of Applecross, Rosshire.
