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George: North Minch
Sloop (19th Century)
Site Name George: North Minch
Classification Sloop (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'West Coast Of Sutherlandshire'; 'on The West Coast Of Sutherland'; Atlantic; George
Canmore ID 247207
Site Number NC04SW 8003
NGR NC 04 43
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/247207
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NC04SW 8003 unlocated
Formerly entered as NC26NW 8002 (unlocated).
9 March 1850, GEORGE of Thurso, Sloop, all lives lost. West coast of Sutherlandshire, wrecked on. Lloyds List 25 March 1850.
Source: PP British Sessional Papers. Admiralty Register of Wrecks and other Casualties on Shores of UK 1850 and 1851 (1852 (XLIX.503))
9 Mar 1850, GEORGE, sloop, 3 crew, unknown cargo, stranded, total loss, supposed 3 lives lost, W. Coast of Sutherlandshire. Table 8, Wrecks and Casualties (exclusive of Collisions) occasioning Loss of Life during the Years 1851 to 1860.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK 1860 (1861 [2811] LVIII.335)
Wick, 22nd Mar. The sloop GEORGE, of Thurso, was wrecked on the West Coast of Sutherlandshire, 9th Mar.; crew drowned.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 11,235, London, Monday March 25 1850.
NMRS, MS/829/67 (no. 121).
(Classified as sloop: date of loss cited as 9 March 1850). George: this vessel was wrecked on the West coast of Sutherland.
Registration: Thurso. Built 1840. 20 tons burthern.
(Location of loss cited as N58 20.0 W5 20.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 22 July 2003.
Loss (9 March 1850)
9 March 1850, GEORGE of Thurso, Sloop, all lives lost. West coast of Sutherlandshire, wrecked on. Lloyds List 25 March 1850.
Source: PP British Sessional Papers. Admiralty Register of Wrecks and other Casualties on Shores of UK 1850 and 1851 (1852 (XLIX.503))
9 Mar 1850, GEORGE, sloop, 3 crew, unknown cargo, stranded, total loss, supposed 3 lives lost, W. Coast of Sutherlandshire. Table 8, Wrecks and Casualties (exclusive of Collisions) occasioning Loss of Life during the Years 1851 to 1860.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK 1860 (1861 [2811] LVIII.335)
Wick, 22nd Mar. The sloop GEORGE, of Thurso, was wrecked on the West Coast of Sutherlandshire, 9th Mar.; crew drowned.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 11,235, London, Monday March 25 1850.
NMRS, MS/829/67 (no. 121).
(Classified as sloop: date of loss cited as 9 March 1850). George: this vessel was wrecked on the West coast of Sutherland.
Registration: Thurso. Built 1840. 20 tons burthern.
(Location of loss cited as N58 20.0 W5 20.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (22 July 2003)
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 22 July 2003.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 12563
Name : GEORGE
Latitude : 582000
Longitude : 52000
Date Built : 1840
Registration : THURSO
Type : SLOOP
Tonnage : 20
Tonnage Code : B
Loss Day : 9
Loss Month : 3
Loss Year : 1850
Comment : Wrecked on the west coast of Sutherland.
