Columbine: Portgordon, Moray Firth
Schooner (19th Century)
Site Name Columbine: Portgordon, Moray Firth
Classification Schooner (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'At The Back Of Port Gordon'; North Sea
Canmore ID 266235
Site Number NJ36SE 8014
NGR NJ
NGR Description Unlocated
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- Council Moray
- Parish Maritime - Moray
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NJ36SE 8014 unlocated
NLO: Portgordon [name: NJ 395 643].
Buckie, 24th May, 11 a.m., a schooner is on shore at the back of Port Gordon [Portgordon], name COLUMBINE, Off. No. 62,499: she is likely to become a total wreck.
Source: Shipping Intelligence, LL, No. 19,371, London, Thursday May 25 1876.
Lossiemouth, 25th May, 11.5 a.m., the COLUMBINE, of Cullen, from Methel [Methil] to Port Gordon [Portgordon], with coal, stranded near Port Gordon [Portgordon] on Tuesday night, and is likely to become a total wreck: part cargo and materials saved.
Source: Shipping Intelligence, LL, No. 19,372, London, Friday May 26 1876.
NMRS, MS/829/70 (no. 4400).
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998); she was possibly successfully recovered.
Spey Bay (name centred NJ 37 67) forms an ill-defined embayment which extends over portions of several map sheets.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 1 October 2004.