Maritime record MHG46487 - Star Of Hope: Scrabster Harbour, Thurso Bay, Pentland Firth
Summary
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Location
Grid reference | Centred ND 101 701 (20m by 20m) |
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Map sheet | ND17SW |
Operational Area | CAITHNESS SUTHERLAND AND EASTER ROSS |
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Full Description
NMRS Report: (08/05/2007 17:15:09)
ND17SW 8025 c. 101 702
N58 37 W3 32
NLO: Thurso [name: ND 115 687]
Scrabster [name: ND 102 702].
Thurso Bay [name centred ND 115 699]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
Possibly on map sheet ND16NW.
18 November 1893, STAR OF HOPE, 14 years, not reg. Wood sloop. 13 ton. 3 men. Master and owner G. Gow, Tongue. Tongue to Scrabster. General. Broken to pieces when at anchor in heavy seas. Wind N12. Scrabster Harbour, Caithness.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1893-94 (1895 [C.7858] LXXXVII.327).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1249).
(Classified as wooden sloop, with general cargo: date of loss cited as 18 November 1893). Star of Hope: this vessel was broken by heavy seas in Scrabster harbour. Capt. Gow.
Not registered. Built 1879. Length: 13m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 36.75 W3 32.75).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Scrabster harbour (ND17SW 5) is at ND 102 703.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 13 June 2005.
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SHG24123 Dataset: RCAHMS. 02/2008. Annual update from Canmore. Digital. 251694.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2009 3:19PM