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John: Portmahomack Bay, Dornoch Firth
Craft (19th Century)
Site Name John: Portmahomack Bay, Dornoch Firth
Classification Craft (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Off Port Mahomock'
Canmore ID 286996
Site Number NH98SW 8010
NGR NH 90 84
NGR Description NH c. 90 84
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/286996
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NH98SW 8010 c. 90 84
N57 50 W3 51
NLO: Portmahomack [name: NH 915 843]
Dornoch Firth [name centred NH 87 89].
Possibly on map sheets or NH98NW.
Cromarty, 30th Nov. The JOHN, of Tain, Rider, was wrecked off Port Mahomack [Portmahomack] 26th Nov.
Source: LL, No. 15,803, London, Saturday, December 3 1864.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 10733).
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. The vessel presumably stranded within the shallow waters of Portmahomack Bay.
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 5 March 2007.
Loss (26 November 1864)
Cromarty, 30th Nov. The JOHN, of Tain, Rider, was wrecked off Port Mahomack [Portmahomack] 26th Nov.
Source: LL, No. 15,803, London, Saturday, December 3 1864.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 10733).
Note (5 March 2007)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. The vessel presumably stranded within the shallow waters of Portmahomack Bay.
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 5 March 2007.
