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Alliance: Wick Bay, North Sea
Schooner (19th Century)
Site Name Alliance: Wick Bay, North Sea
Classification Schooner (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'On The North Side Of Wick Bay'; Proudfoot Rocks; North Head; Alliance
Canmore ID 221732
Site Number ND35SE 8026
NGR ND 376 506
NGR Description ND c. 376 506
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/221732
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND35SE 8026 c. 376 506
N58 26.4 W3 4.1
NLO: Wick Bay [name centred ND 376 506]
North Head [name: ND 384 507]
Wick [name: ND 362 508].
(Classified as schooner).
R Larn and B Larn 1998.
(No classification or cargo specified: date of loss cited as 4 September 1844). Alliance: this vessel stranded on the North side of Wick Bay. Capt. Aitchison.
(Location of loss cited as N58 26.50 W3 4.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. That ('on the north side of Wick Bay') cited by Whittaker remains unverified, but is accepted. The vessel may have stranded on Proudfoot Rocks, the extensive and prominent rocks around North Head.
The classification cited by Larn and Larn remains unverified, but is accepted.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 23 September 2002.
Loss (4 September 1844)
(Classified as schooner).
R Larn and B Larn 1998.
(No classification or cargo specified: date of loss cited as 4 September 1844). Alliance: this vessel stranded on the North side of Wick Bay. Capt. Aitchison.
(Location of loss cited as N58 26.50 W3 4.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (23 September 2002)
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. That ('on the north side of Wick Bay') cited by Whittaker remains unverified, but is accepted. The vessel may have stranded on Proudfoot Rocks, the extensive and prominent rocks around North Head.
The classification cited by Larn and Larn remains unverified, but is accepted.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 23 September 2002.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 10264
Name : ALLIANCE
Latitude : 582630
Longitude : 30400
Loss Day : 4
Loss Month : 9
Loss Year : 1844
Comment : Stranded on the north side of Wick Bay. Capt. Aitchison
