Burray Ness: Sarclet, North Sea
Motor Vessel (20th Century)
Site Name Burray Ness: Sarclet, North Sea
Classification Motor Vessel (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Wk 783; 'seven Miles South Of Wick'; Sarclet Haven; Sarclet Head; Burray Ness; Burray Ness (Wk 783)
Canmore ID 101972
Site Number ND34SE 8001
NGR ND 35167 42519
NGR Description ND c. 35 43
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/101972
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND34SE 8001 c. 35 43
N58 22.00 W3 6.50
NLO: Sarclet Head [name: ND 352 430]
The Haven [name centred ND 353 433]
Wick [name: ND 362 508].
Location formerly entered as ND 3516 4252 N58 22.00 W3 6.50].
Quality of fix = PA
Horizontal Datum = UND
Surveying Details
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25 February 1933. The wreck of the motor vessel BURRAY NESS is reported at 58 22 00N, 003 06 30W. The vessel is breaking up.
Source: Board of Trade Notice to Mariners 36/2544.
Hydrographic Office, 1995.
(Classified as M[otor] V[essel]: no cargo specified, but registration cited as WK 783, and date of loss as 27 January 1933). Burray Ness: this vessel struck [a] rock, beached at Sarclet, 7 miles S of Wick, and [was] wrecked.
Registration: Wick. Built 1897. 34grt. Length: 21m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 22.40 W3 6.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker. The vessel may have been beached within the area of Sarclet Haven (The Haven) the only sandy area in this stretch of rocky coastline. The location cited by UKHO is annotated PA [Position Approximate], and falls offshore.
Sarclet (Haven) harbour (ND34SE 2) is at ND 3510 4330.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 22 December 2010.
Loss (27 January 1933)
(Classified as M[otor] V[essel]: no cargo specified, but registration cited as WK 783, and date of loss as 27 January 1933). Burray Ness: this vessel struck [a] rock, beached at Sarclet, 7 miles S of Wick, and [was] wrecked.
Registration: Wick. Built 1897. 34grt. Length: 21m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 22.40 W3 6.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Evidence Of Loss (1995)
Quality of fix = PA
Horizontal Datum = UND
Surveying Details
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25 February 1933. The wreck of the motor vessel BURRAY NESS is reported at 58 22 00N, 003 06 30W. The vessel is breaking up.
Source: Board of Trade Notice to Mariners 36/2544.
Hydrographic Office, 1995.
Note (22 December 2010)
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker. The vessel may have been beached within the area of Sarclet Haven (The Haven) the only sandy area in this stretch of rocky coastline. Sarclet (Haven) harbour (ND34SE 2) is at ND 3510 4330.
The location cited by UKHO is annotated PA [Position Approximate], and falls offshore.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 22 December 2010.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 2443
Name : BURRAY NESS (WK 783)
Latitude : 582224
Longitude : 30630
Date Built : 1897
Registration : WICK
Type : MV
Tonnage : 34
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 21
Beam : 5
Position : Position Approximate
Loss Day : 27
Loss Month : 1
Loss Year : 1933
Comment : Struck rock and beached at Sarclet, 7 miles south of Wick, and wrecked.
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 000907
Feature Class : Wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 58.36667,-3.10833
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 58.36631,-3.10988
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Previous Position : 58.36667,-3.10833
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 10
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : BURRAY NESS
Type : MV
Flag : BRITISH
Date Sunk : ??/02/1933
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Original Detection Year : 1933
Original Source : Other
Surveying Details : **H1401/33 25.2.33 POSN 582200N, 030630W. VESSEL BREAKING UP. (BOT NM36/2544). NCA.
Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY
Date Last Amended : 31/01/2005
Date Position Last Amended : 31/01/2005
