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Byron: Embo, North Sea
Schooner (19th Century)
Site Name Byron: Embo, North Sea
Classification Schooner (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Near Dornoch'; Byron
Canmore ID 274832
Site Number NH89SE 8004
NGR NH 81 92
NGR Description NH c. 81 92
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NH89SE 8004 c. 81 92
N57 54 W4 0
NLO: Embo [name: NH 818 928]
Dornoch [name: NH 798 895].
Wick, 19th Sept. 'The BYRON, Smith, from Shields to Inverness, was driven on shore near Dornoch 15th instant, and soon after went to pieces; crew (except the mate) drowned.'
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 7970, London, Monday September 23 1839.
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 7482).
(Classified as schooner, with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 15 September 1839). Byron: this vessel was wrecked at Embo. Capt. Smith.
Registration: Newcastle.
(Location of loss cited as N57 54.50 W3 59.00).
I G Whitaker 1998.
The location assigned to this loss is essentially tentative. The vessel evidently stranded.
The classification, cargo and location of loss cited by Whittaker remain unverified, but are accepted.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 8 September 2005.
Loss (15 September 1839)
Wick, 19th Sept. 'The BYRON, Smith, from Shields to Inverness, was driven on shore near Dornoch 15th instant, and soon after went to pieces; crew (except the mate) drowned.'
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 7970, London, Monday September 23 1839.
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 7482).
(Classified as schooner, with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 15 September 1839). Byron: this vessel was wrecked at Embo. Capt. Smith.
Registration: Newcastle.
(Location of loss cited as N57 54.50 W3 59.00).
I G Whitaker 1998.
Note (8 September 2005)
The location assigned to this loss is essentially tentative. The vessel evidently stranded.
The classification, cargo and location of loss cited by Whittaker remain unverified, but are accepted.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 8 September 2005.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 10330
Name : BYRON
Latitude : 575430
Longitude : 35930
Registration : NEWCASTLE
Type : SCHOONER
Loss Day : 15
Loss Month : 9
Loss Year : 1839
Comment : Wrecked at Embo. Capt. Smith
Cargo : COAL
