Maritime record MHG47889 - Unity: Sinclair's Bay, North Sea

Summary

No summary available.

Location

Grid reference Centred ND 34 53 (20m by 20m)
Map sheet ND35SW
Operational Area CAITHNESS SUTHERLAND AND EASTER ROSS
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

NMRS Report: (16/05/2007 11:16:49)
ND35SE 8091 c. 35 54
N58 28 W3 7

NLO: Sinclair's Bay [name centred ND 37 56]
Ackergillshore [name: ND 358 546]
Ackergill Tower [name: ND 3528 5466]
Ackergill Links [name centred ND 332 561].

Possibly on map sheet ND35NW or ND35SW.

Not to be confused with NJ90NE 8219.

Wick, 25th Sept. The UNITY, of Thurso, pavement laden, is on shore in Sinclair bay [Sinclair's Bay] and likely to be a total wreck.
Source: LL, No. 16,677, London, Wednesday, September, 25 1867.

Wick, 24th Sept. The UNITY (schnr.), Forbes, which drove on the rocks in Sinclair's bay, yesterday, was bound from Thurso to Newcastle.
Source: LL, No. 16,678, London, Thursday, September, 26 1867.

Wick, 5th Oct. The wreck, cargo, and materials of the UNITY, Forbes, from Thurso to Newcastle, which drove ashore in Sinclair bay, 23rd Sept., have been sold.
Source: LL, No. 16,687, London, Monday, October 7 1867.

NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 11283).

(Classified as schooner, with cargo of pavement: date of loss cited as 23 September 1867). Unity: this vessel stranded in Ackergill (Sinclair?) Bay. Capt. Forbes. 48 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N58 29 W3 7).
I G Whittaker 1998.

The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. The equation of Ackergill Bay with Sinclair Bay (as suggested by Whittaker) is accepted.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 14 January 2005.



Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Dataset: RCAHMS. 02/2008. Annual update from Canmore. Digital. 269982.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (0)

Record last edited

Jan 28 2009 3:19PM

Comments and Feedback

Do you have any questions or more information about this record? Please feel free to comment below with your name and email address. All comments are submitted to the Heritage Portal maintainers for moderation, and we aim to respond/publish as soon as possible. Comments, questions and answers that may be helpful to other users will be retained and displayed along with the name you supply. The email address you supply will never be displayed or shared.