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Union: Cromarty, Cromarty Firth
Schooner (19th Century)
Site Name Union: Cromarty, Cromarty Firth
Classification Schooner (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Black Isle; Firth Of Cromarty; Union
Canmore ID 297400
Site Number NH76NE 8024
NGR NH 78 68
NGR Description NH c. 78 68
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NH76NE 8024 c. 78 67
N57 41 W4 3
NLO: Cromarty [name: NH 786 677]
Cromarty Firth [name centred NH 69 67].
Not to be confused with NH76NE 8029.
Cromarty, 20th Oct. The UNION (schr.), Rutherford, has dragged her anchor and run on the beach, where she remains, without damage.
Source: LL, No. 15,768, London, Monday, October 24 1864.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 10661).
(Classified as wooden schooner: no cargo or date of loss specified). Union: this vessel left Newcastle for Inverness on 13 February 1864 - not heard [of] since.
Registration: Inverness. Built 1847. 85grt. Length: 21m. Beam: 6m.
[No location of loss cited].
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
It remains uncertain whether or not the vessel was subsequently successfully recovered.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 24 December 2008.
Evidence Of Loss (20 October 1864)
Cromarty, 20th Oct. The UNION (schr.), Rutherford, has dragged her anchor and run on the beach, where she remains, without damage.
Source: LL, No. 15,768, London, Monday, October 24 1864.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 10661).
(Classified as wooden schooner: no cargo or date of loss specified). Union: this vessel left Newcastle for Inverness on 13 February 1864 - not heard [of] since.
Registration: Inverness. Built 1847. 85grt. Length: 21m. Beam: 6m.
[No location of loss cited].
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (24 December 2008)
(Location entered as NH c. 78 67 [N57 41 W4 3]). The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
It remains uncertain whether or not the vessel was subsequently successfully recovered.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 24 December 2008.
Named Location (Nlo) (30 January 2011)
NLO: Cromarty [name: NH 786 677]
Cromarty Firth [name centred NH 69 67].
Not to be confused with NH76NE 8029.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 16163
Name : UNION
Date Built : 1847
Registration : INVERNESS
Type : SCHOONER (WOOD)
Tonnage : 85
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 21
Beam : 6
Loss Month : 2
Loss Year : 1864
Comment : Left Newcastle for Inverness on 13/2/1864. Not heard since.
Last Seen : 13/02/1864
