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Sisters: Wick Bay, North Sea
Sloop (19th Century)
Site Name Sisters: Wick Bay, North Sea
Classification Sloop (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'To The East Of Wick'; 'near Pulteneytown Harbour'; Wick Harbour; Sisters
Canmore ID 246874
Site Number ND35SE 8058
NGR ND 376 506
NGR Description ND c. 376 506
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND35SE 8058 c. 376 506
N58 26.4 W3 4.2
NLO: Wick Bay [name centred ND 376 506]
Wick [name: ND 362 508].
Not to be confused with ND35SE 8056.
Location formerly entered as ND c. 368 509 [N58 26.5 W3 5].
30 November 1847. SISTERS. Wrecked near ?
Source: PP Return from Lloyd's books of Collisions, Accidents and Wrecks of Vessels 1847-50 (1851 (688) LII.1)
Wick, 26th Nov. The sloop SISTERS, Milne, of Dundee, was wrecked near Pulteneytown harbour, 21st inst.; crew saved.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 10,516, London, Tuesday November 30 1847
NMRS, MS/829/67 (no. 76).
(Classified as sloop, with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 21 November 1847). Sisters: this vessel stranded to the East of Wick. Capt. Milne.
Registration: Dundee. Bult 1844. 18 tons burthern. Length: 11m. Beam: 4m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 26.00 W3 4.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. The loss of this vessel evidently occurred within the area of Wick Bay. Wick (or Pulteneytown) Harbour (ND35SE 66.00) is centred at ND 36820 50670.
The classification cited by Whittaker remains unverified, but is accepted.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 17 July 2003.
Loss (21 November 1847)
Wick, 26th Nov. The sloop SISTERS, Milne, of Dundee, was wrecked near Pulteneytown harbour, 21st inst.; crew saved.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 10,516, London, Tuesday November 30 1847
NMRS, MS/829/67 (no. 76).
(Classified as sloop, with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 21 November 1847). Sisters: this vessel stranded to the East of Wick. Capt. Milne.
Registration: Dundee. Bult 1844. 18 tons burthern. Length: 11m. Beam: 4m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 26.00 W3 4.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (17 July 2003)
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. The loss of this vessel evidently occurred within the area of Wick Bay. Wick (or Pulteneytown) Harbour (ND35SE 66.00) is centred at ND 36820 50670.
The classification cited by Whittaker remains unverified, but is accepted.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 17 July 2003.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 10797
Name : SISTERS
Latitude : 582600
Longitude : 30400
Date Built : 1844
Registration : DUNDEE
Type : SLOOP
Tonnage : 18
Tonnage Code : B
Length : 11
Beam : 4
Loss Day : 21
Loss Month : 11
Loss Year : 1847
Comment : Stranded to the east of Wick. Capt. Milne
Cargo : COAL
