Unknown: Dunnet Head, Pentland Firth
Smack (20th Century)
Site Name Unknown: Dunnet Head, Pentland Firth
Classification Smack (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Thurso; Dunnet Bay; North Sea
Canmore ID 222088
Site Number ND17NE 8003
NGR ND 18 75
NGR Description ND c. 18 75
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND17NE 8003 c. 18 75
N58 39 W3 25
NLO: Dunnet Head [name: ND 203 768]
Dunnet Bay [name centred ND 198 704]
Thurso [name: ND 115 687]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
Possibly on map sheet ND17SE.
(Classified as wooden smack, in ballast: date of loss cited as May 1907). No Name: this vessel stranded on the W side of Dunnet Head. Capt. Steven.
Not registered. 2 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N58 40.0 W3 24.75).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location and map sheet assigned to this record are essentially tentative, being derived from the location 'Dunnet Head, W side' that is cited by Larn and Larn.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 2 October 2002.
R and B Larn 1998.
