Maritime record MHG46417 - Elizabeth: South Quay, Wick Harbour, North Sea

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Location

Grid reference Centred ND 367 504 (20m by 20m)
Map sheet ND35SE
Operational Area CAITHNESS SUTHERLAND AND EASTER ROSS
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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Full Description

NMRS Report: (03/10/2005)
ND35SE 8059 c. 368 504
N58 26.3 W3 5

NLO: Wick Bay [name centred ND 376 506]
Wick [name: ND 362 508].

D July 23 1850. ELIZABETH of Aberdeen, Wick, Wick, South Quay. Draw ashore behind. Lloyds List 29 July 1850.
Source:; PP British Sessional Papers. Admiralty Register of Wrecks and other Casualties on Shores of UK 1850 and 1851 (1852 (XLIX.503))

Wick, 23rd July. The ELIZABETH, of Aberdeen, Smith, in coming in port this morning, missed stays, and drove on shore behind the South Quay; should the weather keep fine she may be got off, but with damage.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 11,340, London, Friday July 26 1850.
NMRS, MS/829/67 (no. 155).

The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998); she was possibly refloated.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 23 July 2003.



Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Dataset: RCAHMS. 02/2008. Annual update from Canmore. Digital. 247413.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2009 3:19PM

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