Maritime record MHG47677 - Unknown: Lybster, North Sea
Summary
No summary available.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred ND 24 33 (20m by 20m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | ND23SW |
| Operational Area | CAITHNESS SUTHERLAND AND EASTER ROSS |
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Full Description
NMRS Report: (29/10/2004)
ND23SW 8009 c. 24 34
N58 17 W3 18
NLO: Lybster [name: ND 248 355]
Lybster Bay [name centred ND 248 345].
Possibly on map sheets ND23NE, ND23SE or ND34SW.
Wick, Feb. 1 [1879], early this morning a fishing boat belonging to Clyth, in Caithness, was struck by a heavy sea while approaching Lybster Harbour, and was swamped. The whole of the crew (five in number) were drowned. Their names were Robert and Donald Adamson, John Sutherland, John Munro, and William McDonald, all unmarried except Munro. Some of the other fishing boats had a narrow escape. [Record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/70 (no. 4813).
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 29 October 2004.
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SHG24123 Dataset: RCAHMS. 02/2008. Annual update from Canmore. Digital. 267566.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2009 3:19PM
