Maritime record MHG54434 - Samuel And Sarah: Whiten Head, Atlantic
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Location
Grid reference | NC 478 626 (point) |
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Map sheet | NC46SE |
Geographical Area | MARITIME |
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Full Description
RCAHMS Canmore description:
NC46SE 8007.01 478 627
N58 32 W4 35.5
NLO: Whiten Head or An Ceann Geal [name: NC 502 687]
Cape Wrath [name: NC 256 750]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
Wick, 26th May. The SAMUEL & SARAH, Walker, of Whitby, from Newcastle for Dublin, sprang a leak and disabled her rudder, 18th May, and was run on shore on 20th, at Wheten [Whiten] Head, near the river Hope, with 5 feet water in the hold, a total wreck: crew saved.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 11,602, London, Friday May 30 1851.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 8684).
(No classification or cargo specified: date of loss cited as 20 May 1851). Samuel & Sarah: this vessel was wrecked at Whiten Head, near River Hope. Capt. Walker.
Registration: Whitby.
(Location of loss cited as N58 32.0 W4 35.5).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 26 June 2008. <1>
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SHG25265 Dataset: RCAHMS. 01/2011. Annual update from Canmore. Digital.
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Record last edited
Apr 26 2011 11:30AM