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Loss
Date 20 August 1845
Event ID 617235
Category Documentary Reference
Type Loss
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/617235
Wick, 21st Aug. 'The REGINA, McWilliam, of Whithorn, was totally wrecked yesterday in the Haven of Whaligoe: crew saved.'
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 9812, London, Monday August 25 1845.
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 7971).
(Classified as smack: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 20 August 1845). Regina: this vessel was wrecked at Whaligeo [Whaligoe], Caithness. Capt. McWilliam.
Registration: Wigtown. Built 1821. 30 tons burthern. Length: 13m. Beam: 4m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 20.50 W3 9.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.
