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Unknown: Moray Firth
Buss (18th Century)
Site Name Unknown: Moray Firth
Classification Buss (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) North Sea
Canmore ID 308960
Site Number ND40SW 8039
NGR ND
NGR Description Unlocated
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/308960
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND40SW 8039 unlocated
Possibly within Maritime - Moray or Maritime - Aberdeenshire, or in Northern Irish waters.
(Classified as Buss, with cargo of herring: date of loss cited as 1789). Unknown: this vessel was lost at Portaferry, (Sutherland/Caithness).
(Location of loss cited as N58 0.00 W3 0.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet and quasi-administrative area assigned to this record are arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker, which indicates that the vessel was lost within the Moray Firth. The loss of this vessel may alternatively have occurred within the quasi-administrative areas that are designated as Maritime - Moray or Maritime - Aberdeenshire. It also remains unclear whether this vessel stranded or foundered; the former appears the more probable.
In the apparent absence of any 'Portaferry' place-names in Scotland, the loss of this vessel may be assigned to Portaferry, Co. Down, at the entrance to Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 25 January 2011.
Loss (1 January 1789 - 31 December 1789)
(Classified as Buss, with cargo of herring: date of loss cited as 1789). Unknown: this vessel was lost at Portaferry, (Sutherland/Caithness).
(Location of loss cited as N58 0.00 W3 0.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (25 January 2011)
The map sheet and quasi-administrative area assigned to this record are arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker, which indicates that the vessel was lost within the Moray Firth. The loss of this vessel may alternatively have occurred within the quasi-administrative areas that are designated as Maritime - Moray or Maritime - Aberdeenshire. It also remains unclear whether this vessel stranded or foundered; the former appears the more probable.
In the apparent absence of any 'Portaferry' place-names in Scotland, the loss of this vessel may be assigned to Portaferry, Co. Down, at the entrance to Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 25 January 2011.
