Maritime record MHG50223 - Adelaide: Freswick Bay, North Sea
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Location
Grid reference | Centred ND 383 674 (20m by 20m) |
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Map sheet | ND36NE |
Operational Area | CAITHNESS SUTHERLAND AND EASTER ROSS |
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Full Description
NMRS Report: (10/05/2007 15:01:58)
ND36NE 8022 c. 383 675
N58 35.5 W3 3.7
NLO: Freswick Bay [name: ND 383 675].
Conisbay [Canisbay], 15th Nov. The ADELAIDE (sloop), Swanson, of and for Thurso, from Shields, with coals, got ashore in Freswick bay about 8 a.m. to-day, and has become a total wreck: wreck strewed about the beach: crew saved.
Source: LL, No. 16,099, London, Wednesday, November 15 1865.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 10873).
(Classified as sloop: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 15 November 1865). Adelaide: this vessel was wrecked in Freswick Bay. Capt. Swanson. Registration: Thurso. 52nrt.
(Location of loss cited as N58 35.33 W3 4.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 10 May 2007.
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SHG24123 Dataset: RCAHMS. 02/2008. Annual update from Canmore. Digital. 285607.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2009 3:19PM