Susannah: Thurso Sands, Pentland Firth

ND16NW 8027 c. 117 687

N58 35.9 W3 31.2

NLO: Thurso [name: ND 115 685]

Thurso Bay [name centred ND 117 699]

Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].

Location formerly entered as ND c. 11 68 [N58 35 W3 32].

8 October 1850. SUSANNAH of Whitehaven. Thurso, drove from her anchors and wrecked at [Thurso]. SHIPPING AND MERCANTILE GAZETTE 16 October 1850.

Source: PP British Sessional Papers. Admiralty Register of Wrecks and other Casualties on Shores of UK 1850 and 1851 (1852 (XLIX.503))

Wreck, 8 October 1850, SUSANNAH, of Whitehaven, place - Thurso. Drove from her anchors and wrecked at. Shipping and Mercantile Gazette 16 October 1850.

Source: Admiralty Register of Wrecks and Casualties Strandeds of UK 1850 and 1851.

Thurso, 8th Oct. The SUSANNAH, (schr.), of Whitehaven, from Liverpool, came into the Bay 6th Oct., anchored in a dangerous place next day, and is this morning a complete wreck on the Sands; cargo lost.

Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 11,407, London, Saturday October 12 1850 1852 [Record received incomplete].

NMRS, MS/829/67 (no. 174).

(Classified as schooner with cargo of salt: date of loss cited as 7 October 1850). Susannah: this vessel was wrecked in Thurso Bay. Capt. Bowman.

Registration: Whitehaven. Built 1826. 88 tons burthern. Length: 16m. Beam: 5m.

(Location of loss cited as N58 36.0 W3 31.5).

I G Whittaker 1998.

The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. The 'Sands' may be the exposed beach around ND 117 687, to the W of the mouth of the Thurso River and to the N of the town of Thurso.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 8 May 2007.