Isabella: Dunnet Sands, Dunnet Bay, Pentland Firth
Craft (19th Century)
Site Name Isabella: Dunnet Sands, Dunnet Bay, Pentland Firth
Classification Craft (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Dunnet Head; North Sea
Canmore ID 221734
Site Number ND26NW 8004
NGR ND 21 69
NGR Description ND c. 21 69
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND26NW 8004 c. 21 69
N58 36 W3 22
NLO: Dunnet Bay [name centred ND 198 704]
Dunnet Head [name: ND 203 768]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
Possibly on map sheets or ND27SW.
Not to be confused with ND16NW 8038 and ND16NW 8044.
Conisbay, 22nd Dec. 'The ISABELLA, Richards, of and for Sunderland, went on shore near Dunnet Head this morning, and remains, full of water: crew saved.'
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 9918, London, Saturday December 27 1845.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 8050).
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Dunnet Sands are not noted as such on the 1999 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map, but the name may be taken to apply to the extensive sands that extend from ND 216 709 to ND 204 683, around the SE side of Dunnet Bay.
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998), presumably suggesting her successful recovery.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 23 September 2002.
