Maritime record MHG38271 - NANCY: WEST ROCKS, THURSO, PENTLAND FIRTH

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Grid reference Centred ND 1110 6910 (80m by 80m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet ND16NW

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Created automatically by NMRS Register Utility
User: Admin, Date: Wed 13 Oct 2004
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ND16NW 8009 c. 111 691
N58 36.1 W3 31.8

Possibly on map sheet ND17SW.

NLO: Thurso [name: ND 115 685]
Thurso Bay [name centred ND 117 699].

Whittaker classifies this vessel as a sloop with a cargo of slates, and locates the loss 'on West Rocks, east of Old Castle, Thurso'. Bishop's Castle or Scrabster Castle, Thurso (ND16NW 3) is at ND 1068 6915.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 23 September 2002.
I G Whittaker 1998.

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Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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