Maritime record MHG50647 - Astrea: Pentland Firth

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Operational Area CAITHNESS SUTHERLAND AND EASTER ROSS

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Full Description

NMRS Report: (09/05/2007 10:16:06)
ND16NW 8073 unlocated

NLO: Thurso [name: ND 115 685]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].

(Classified as brig: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 8 February 1836). Astrea: this vessel was abandoned in the Pentland Firth, and brought to Thurso. Hull and materials for sale. Registration: Apenrade [Schleswig].
(Location of loss cited as N58 36.0 W3 30.5).
I G Whittaker 1998.

The map sheet and quasi-administrative area assigned to this record are essentially arbitrary. The vessel may have been abandoned within the area designated as Maritime - Orkney.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 9 May 2007.



Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Dataset: RCAHMS. 02/2008. Annual update from Canmore. Digital. 288475.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2009 3:19PM

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