Johns And Robert: Dunnet Bay, Pentland Firth
Lugger (19th Century)
Site Name Johns And Robert: Dunnet Bay, Pentland Firth
Classification Lugger (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Johns & Robert; Dunnet Head; Donald's Cave; North Sea
Canmore ID 221997
Site Number ND26NW 8009
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 8009 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 sheet ND16NE, or ND27SW.
26 March 1896. JOHNS AND ROBERT, about 14 years, not reg. Wood lugger. 18 ton. 6 men. Master D. Thomson. Owner D. Leed, Thurso. Scrabster to fishing. Ballast. Wind NW9. Dunnet Bay, Caithness.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1895-96 (1897 [C.8453] LXXVIII.693).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1004).
(Classified as wooden lugger, in ballast: date of loss cited as 26 March 1896). Johns & Robert: this vessel stranded at Dunnet Bay. Capt. Thomson.
Not registered. Built 1882. 18 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N58 36.5 W3 21.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 7 May 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 6031
Name : JOHNS & ROBERT
Latitude : 583630
Longitude : 32100
Date Built : 1882
Registration : Not Registered
Type : LUGGER (WOOD)
Tonnage : 18
Loss Day : 26
Loss Month : 3
Loss Year : 1896
Comment : Stranded Dunnet Bay. Capt. Thomson
Cargo : BALLAST
