Maritime record MHG50637 - Matilda: Murkle Bay, Pentland Firth

Summary

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Location

Grid reference Centred ND 170 694 (20m by 20m)
Map sheet ND16NE
Operational Area CAITHNESS SUTHERLAND AND EASTER ROSS

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Full Description

NMRS Report: (08/05/2007 10:35:33)
ND16NE 8021 c. 171 694
N58 36.3 W3 25.6

NLO: Murkle Bay [name centred ND 171 694]
West Murkle [name: ND 157 695]
East Murkle [name: ND 173 687]
Thurso [name: ND 115 687]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].

Possibly on map sheet ND17SE.

(Classified as sloop, with cargo of oilcake and coal: date of loss cited as 19 December 1862). Matilda: this vessel stranded in Murkle Bay. Capt. Smith.
Registration: Thurso. 31nrt.
(Location of loss cited as N58 36.33 W3 32.75).
I G Whittaker 1998.

The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 8 May 2007.



Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Dataset: RCAHMS. 02/2008. Annual update from Canmore. Digital. 288455.

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2009 3:19PM

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