Maritime record MHG47684 - Guiding Star: Helmsdale, North Sea

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Grid reference Centred ND 02 15 (20m by 20m)
Map sheet ND01NW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Operational Area CAITHNESS SUTHERLAND AND EASTER ROSS

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NMRS Report: (01/11/2004)
ND01NW 8011 c. 02 15
N58 7 W3 40

NLO: Helmsdale [name: ND 028 153].

Possibly on map sheet ND01SW.

Wick, Nov. 19, 3 p.m., GUIDING STAR schooner, cargo lime, on shore 17th at Helmsdale, making water: cargo being discharged.
Source: Shipping Intelligence, LL, No. 20,457, London, Thursday November 20 1879.

Wick, Nov. 22, GUIDING STAR now in Helmsdale harbour, with damage to hull: part cargo jettisoned. [Record received incomplete].

NMRS, MS/829/70 (no. 4876).

The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998), presumably on account of her successful recovery.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 1 November 2004.



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  • <1> Dataset: RCAHMS. 02/2008. Annual update from Canmore. Digital. 267645.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2009 3:19PM

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