Maritime record MHG37435 - DALEWOOD: DUNNET HEAD, PENTLAND FIRTH

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Grid reference Centred ND 2030 7680 (80m by 80m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet ND27NW
Civil Parish DUNNET
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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Created automatically by NMRS Register Utility
User: Admin, Date: Wed 13 Oct 2004
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ND27NW 8002 c. 203 768
N58 40.3 W3 22.5

Possibly on map sheet ND17NE.

NLO: Dunnet Head [name: ND 203 768].

The Aberdeen trawler Dalewood was fast on rocks at Dunnet Head. Her crew of eleven abandoned the Dalewood when she went aground under the 400 ft cliffs at Dunnet lighthouse [ND27NW 5]. All were picked up safely.
(Photo of Dalewood awash at the bottom of cliffs at Dunnet Head).
Information from SIMS (DRG), 11 December 1997.
Aberdeen Press and Journal, 5 March 1974.

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Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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