Maritime record MHG50217 - Sisters: Thurso Bay, Pentland Firth

Summary

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Location

Grid reference Centred ND 10 69 (20m by 20m)
Map sheet ND16NW
Operational Area CAITHNESS SUTHERLAND AND EASTER ROSS
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

NMRS Report: (09/05/2007 09:06:33)
ND16NW 8058 c. 11 69
N58 36 W3 32

NLO: Thurso [name: ND 115 687]
Thurso Bay [name centred ND 115 699]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].

Possibly on map sheet ND17SW.

Thurso, 22nd Dec. The cargo of the SISTERS, of Wick, which was wrecked 20th Dec., is being saved.
Source: LL, No. 15,201, London, Friday, December 26 1862.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 10320).

(Classifed as schooner, with cargo of pavement: date of loss cited as 19 December 1862). Sisters: this vessel was wrecked in Thurso Bay. Registration: Wick.
(Location of loss cited as N58 36.0 W3 31.5).
I G Whittaker 1998.

The location of loss assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
The classification and cargo cited by Whittaker remains unverified.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 5 January 2007.



Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Dataset: RCAHMS. 02/2008. Annual update from Canmore. Digital. 285589.

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2009 3:19PM

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