Jean: Banff Bar, Banff Bay, North Sea
Craft (18th Century)
Site Name Jean: Banff Bar, Banff Bay, North Sea
Classification Craft (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Marjorie; Banff; River Deveron; Moray Firth; Jean
Canmore ID 311796
Site Number NJ66SE 8064
NGR NJ 695 642
NGR Description NJ c. 695 642
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Maritime - Aberdeenshire
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
Loss (3 November 1786)
(No classification specified: cargo cited as tea, and date of loss as 3 November 1786). Jean: this vessel stranded on Banff Bar. Capt. Lyle. (Alias Marjorie).
Registration: Findhorn.
(Location of loss cited as N57 40.17 W2 30.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Named Location (Nlo) (21 July 2011)
NLO: Banff Bay [name: NJ 694 643]
Banff [name: NJ 689 647].
Possibly on map sheet NJ76SW.
Note (21 July 2011)
(Entered at location NJ c. 695 642 [N57 40 W2 30.8]). The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Banff Bar is not noted as such on the current edition of the OS (GIS) MasterMap, but the term may apply to the sandspit that is depicted across the mouth of the River Deveron, at the S end of Banff Bay.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 21 July 2011.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 7430
Name : JEAN
Latitude : 574010
Longitude : 23030
Registration : FINDHORN
Loss Day : 3
Loss Month : 11
Loss Year : 1786
Comment : Stranded on Banff Bar. Capt. Lyle (alias. MARJORIE)
Cargo : TEA