Maritime record MHG53202 - Life Boat: Brora, North Sea
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Location
| Grid reference | NC 89 03 (point) (Approximate) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC80SE |
| Geographical Area | MARITIME |
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Full Description
NC90SW 8006 c. 90 04
N58 1 W3 52
NLO: Brora [name: NC 909 040].
Possibly on map sheet NC90NW.
Not to be confused with NH76NE 8020.
Wick, 7th May. The LIFE BOAT (schr.), coal laden, went on shore at Brora, Sutherlandshire, last night, and is likely to become a wreck: crew saved.
Source: LL, No. 17,180, London, Saturday, May 8 1869.
Wick, 12th May. The LIFE BOAT (Off. No. 27,049), stranded at Brora, 6th May, is hogged and twisted, and the tide ebbs and flows in her: she belonged to Scarboro', and was bound from Seaham to Brora: Hiers, master.
Source: LL, No. 17,186, London, Saturday, May 15 1869.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 11642).
(Classified as schooner, with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 6 May 1869). Lifeboat: this vessel stranded at Brora, expected [to become a] wreck. Capt. Hiers.
Registration: Scarborough.
(Location of loss cited as N58 1.0 W3 50.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. Brora Harbour (NC90SW 8) is at NC 9082 0395.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 11 March 2009. <1>
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SHG24633 Dataset: RCAHMS. 02/2010. Annual update from Canmore. Digital. 298012.
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Record last edited
Feb 22 2010 2:58PM
