Maritime record MHG53251 - Unknown: Helmsdale Harbour Entrance, North Sea

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Location

Grid reference ND 028 150 (point) (Approximate)
Map sheet ND01NW
Geographical Area MARITIME

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Full Description

ND01NW 8015 c. 029 151
N58 6.9 W3 38.9
NLO: Helmsdale [name: ND 028 153].
See also ND01NW 8013.
Helmsdale, 22nd Feb. While the pilot boat here was engaged rendering assistance to one of the fishing boats, which was stranded on the East Spit at the harbour mouth, she was run down and almost cut in two by another fishing boat, the MORNING STAR, of Hopeman, coming in, and the chief pilot was drowned: the stranded boat has become a wreck.
Source, LL, No. 17,741, London, Saturday, February 25 1871.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 11975).
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Helmsdale Harbour (ND01NW 61.00) is centred at ND 03002 15154.
The vessel wrecked 'on the East Spit' may have been the Dunrobin Castle (ND01NW 8013).
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 27 March 2009. <1>

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Dataset: RCAHMS. 02/2010. Annual update from Canmore. Digital. 298224.

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Record last edited

Feb 22 2010 2:58PM

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