Metha: Wick Harbour Entrance, North Sea
Craft (20th Century)
Site Name Metha: Wick Harbour Entrance, North Sea
Classification Craft (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Fn 270; 'at The Entrance To Wick Harbour'; Wick Bay; Metha (Fn 270)
Canmore ID 307571
Site Number ND35SE 8140
NGR ND 368 509
NGR Description ND c. 368 509
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND35SE 8140 c. 368 509
N58 26.5 W3 5
NLO: Wick Bay [name centred ND 376 506]
Wick [name: ND 362 508].
(Classified as F[ishing] V[essel]: registration cited as FN 270, and date of loss as 15 March 1934). Metha: this vessel capsized and was wrecked at the entrance to Wick Harbour.
Registration: Frederickshavn. Built 1930. 29grt.
(Location of loss cited as N58 26.50 W3 5.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Wick Harbour (ND35SE 66.00) is centred at ND 36820 50670.
Information to RCAHMS (RJCM), 24 November 2010.
Loss (15 March 1934)
(Classified as F[ishing] V[essel]: registration cited as FN 270, and date of loss as 15 March 1934). Metha: this vessel capsized and was wrecked at the entrance to Wick Harbour.
Registration: Frederickshavn. Built 1930. 29grt.
(Location of loss cited as N58 26.50 W3 5.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (24 November 2010)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Wick Harbour (ND35SE 66.00) is centred at ND 36820 50670.
Information to RCAHMS (RJCM), 24 November 2010.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 9401
Name : METHA (FN 270)
Latitude : 582630
Longitude : 30500
Date Built : 1930
Registration : FREDERIKSHAVN
Type : FV
Tonnage : 29
Tonnage Code : G
Loss Day : 15
Loss Month : 3
Loss Year : 1934
Comment : Capsized and wrecked at the entrance to Wick Harbour.
