Pearl: Banff Bay, North Sea
Schooner (19th Century)
Site Name Pearl: Banff Bay, North Sea
Classification Schooner (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Near Banff'; 'at The Mouth Of The River Deveron'; Moray Firth; Pearl
Canmore ID 277256
Site Number NJ66SE 8034
NGR NJ 69 65
NGR Description NJ c. 69 65
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Maritime - Aberdeenshire
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NJ66SE 8034 c. 69 64
N57 40 W2 31
NLO: Banff [name: NJ 685 645]
Banff Bay [name: NJ 695 643].
Possibly on map sheets or NJ76SW.
The PEARL, Smith, from Sunderland to Campbeltown, was driven on shore near Banff, 16th inst., and was likely to become a wreck: two persons drowned.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 10,509, London, Monday November 22 1847.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 8237).
(Classified as schooner, with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 22 November 1847). Pearl: this vessel stranded in Banff Bay, at the mouth of the River Deveron. Capt. Smith.
Registration: Lossiemouth. Built 1840. 90 tons burthern.
(Location of loss cited as N57 40.17 W2 30.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. The River Deveron enters Banff Bay at NJ 695 640.
The classification, cargo and location of loss cited by Whittaker remain unverified, but are accepted.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 25 November 2005.
Loss (22 November 1847)
The PEARL, Smith, from Sunderland to Campbeltown, was driven on shore near Banff, 16th inst., and was likely to become a wreck: two persons drowned.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 10,509, London, Monday November 22 1847.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 8237).
(Classified as schooner, with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 22 November 1847). Pearl: this vessel stranded in Banff Bay, at the mouth of the River Deveron. Capt. Smith.
Registration: Lossiemouth. Built 1840. 90 tons burthern.
(Location of loss cited as N57 40.17 W2 30.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Named Location (Nlo) (25 November 2005)
NLO: Banff [name: NJ 685 645]
Banff Bay [name: NJ 695 643].
Possibly on map sheets NJ66NE or NJ76SW.
Note (25 November 2005)
(Location entered as NJ c. 69 64 [N57 40 W2 31]). The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. The River Deveron enters Banff Bay at NJ 695 640.
The classification, cargo and location of loss cited by Whittaker remain unverified, but are accepted.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 25 November 2005.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 10732
Name : PEARL
Latitude : 574010
Longitude : 23030
Date Built : 1840
Registration : LOSSIEMOUTH
Type : SCHOONER
Tonnage : 90
Tonnage Code : B
Loss Day : 22
Loss Month : 11
Loss Year : 1847
Comment : Stranded in Banff Bay, at the mouth of the River Deveron. Capt. Smith
Cargo : COAL