Hunter: North Head, Wick Bay, North Sea
Sloop (19th Century)
Site Name Hunter: North Head, Wick Bay, North Sea
Classification Sloop (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'At Wick'; Hunter
Canmore ID 221293
Site Number ND35SE 8014
NGR ND 383 507
NGR Description ND c. 383 507
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND35SE 8014 c. 383 507
N58 26.4 W3 5.0
NLO: Wick Bay [name centred ND 376 506]
Wick [name: ND 362 508].
Location of loss previously entered as ND c. 376 506 [N58 26.4 W3 4.1].
(Classified as sloop, with cargo of herring: date of loss cited as 12 September 1823). Hunter: this vessel was driven from anchor and wrecked at Wick. Capt. Stone.
Registration: Bristol.
(Location of loss cited as N58 26.00 W3 4.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. The vessel evidently stranded.
The rocks that are noted as the location of the loss are presumably the extensive and prominent rocks around North Head (centred ND 383 507).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 11 September 2002.
R and B Larn 1998.
Loss (12 September 1823)
(Classified as sloop, with cargo of herring: date of loss cited as 12 September 1823). Hunter: this vessel was driven from anchor and wrecked at Wick. Capt. Stone.
Registration: Bristol.
(Location of loss cited as N58 26.00 W3 4.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (11 September 2002)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. The vessel evidently stranded.
The rocks that are noted as the location of the loss are presumably the extensive and prominent rocks around North Head (centred ND 383 507).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 11 September 2002.
R and B Larn 1998.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 10523
Name : HUNTER
Latitude : 582600
Longitude : 30400
Registration : BRISTOL
Type : SLOOP
Loss Day : 12
Loss Month : 9
Loss Year : 1823
Comment : Driven from anchor and wrecked at Wick. Capt. Stone
Cargo : HERRING
