Maritime record MHG47883 - Thomas Dougall: Occumster, North Sea
Summary
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred ND 26 35 (20m by 20m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | ND23NE |
| Operational Area | CAITHNESS SUTHERLAND AND EASTER ROSS |
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Full Description
NMRS Report: (07/09/2005)
ND23NE 8008 c. 26 35
N58 18 W3 16
NLO: Occumster [name: ND 265 357]
Lybster [name: ND 248 355].
Wick, 12th March. `The THOMAS DOUGALL, Hastie, from Leith to Odessa, came on shore this morning at Ocmuster [Occumster], and immediately went to pieces: the master, carpenter, cook, one seaman, and two boys drowned: seven of the crew saved.'
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 7809, London, Monday March 18 1839.
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 7462).
(Classified as brig, in ballast; date of loss cited as 12 March 1839). Thomas Dougall: this vessel stranded at Haven of Occumster, Lybster. Capt. Haster (Hastie?). Registration: Leith. 270 registered tons.
(Location of loss cited as N58 18 W3 15.33).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Haven of Occumster is not noted as such on the 1999 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map. There is no harbour nearby.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 11 January 2005.
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SHG24123 Dataset: RCAHMS. 02/2008. Annual update from Canmore. Digital. 269875.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2009 3:19PM
