Clarence G Sinclair: Mell Head, Stroma, Pentland Firth
Schooner (19th Century)
Site Name Clarence G Sinclair: Mell Head, Stroma, Pentland Firth
Classification Schooner (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Clarence G. Sinclair; Island Of Stroma; Duncansby Head; Mill Head; Clarence G Sinclair
Canmore ID 222027
Site Number ND37NW 8017
NGR ND 339 761
NGR Description ND c. 339 761
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND37NW 8017 c. 339 761
N58 40.1 W3 8.4
NLO: Mell Head [name: ND 339 761]
Island of Stroma [name: ND 35 77]
Duncansby Head [name: ND 406 733]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
Not to be confused with ND16NW 8071.
15 June 1897, CLARENCE G. SINCLAIR, 19 years, of Wick. Wood schooner. 78 ton. 5 men. Master J. Sutherland. Owner G. Stark, Edinburgh. Castlehill, near Thurso to S. Shields. Paving stones. Wind NW5. SW point of Stroma Island, Caithness.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1896-97 (1898 [C.8917] LXXXVIII.401).
NMRS, MS/829/67 (no. 933).
(Classified as wooden schooner, with cargo of paving stones: date of loss cited as 15 June 1897). Clarence G Sinclair: this vessel stranded on Mell Head, the SW point of Stroma. Capt. Sutherland.
Registration: Wick. Built 1878. 90grt. Length: 25m. Beam: 6m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 40.17 W3 9.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 6305
Name : CLARENCE G SINCLAIR
Latitude : 584010
Longitude : 30900
Date Built : 1878
Registration : WICK
Type : SCHOONER (WOOD)
Tonnage : 90
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 25
Beam : 6
Draught : 3m
Loss Day : 15
Loss Month : 6
Loss Year : 1897
Comment : Stranded on Mell Head, SW point of Stroma. Capt. Sutherland
Cargo : PAVING STONES
