Jessie: Arisaig, Sound Of Arisaig
Smack (19th Century)
Site Name Jessie: Arisaig, Sound Of Arisaig
Classification Smack (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Sea Of The Hebrides; Jessie
Canmore ID 284374
Site Number NM68NW 8009
NGR NM 63 85
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/284374
- Council Highland
- Parish Arisaig And Moidart
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
NM68NW 8009 unlocated
NLO: Arisaig [name centred NM 66 87]
Sound of Arisaig [name centred NM 65 80].
(Classified as smack: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as c. 1859). Jessie: this vessel was wrecked at Arisaig. Capt. Dewar.
Registration: Greenock. Built 1836. 23 tons burthern. Langth 11m. Beam 4m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 54.0 W5 53.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 9 November 2006.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 16025
Name : JESSIE
Latitude : 565400
Longitude : 55300
Date Built : 1836
Registration : GREENOCK
Type : SMACK
Tonnage : 23
Tonnage Code : B
Length : 11
Beam : 4
Loss Year : 1859
Comment : Wrecked at Arisaig, circa-1859. Capt. Dewar
