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Star Of Hope: Scrabster Harbour, Thurso Bay, Pentland Firth
Sloop (19th Century)
Site Name Star Of Hope: Scrabster Harbour, Thurso Bay, Pentland Firth
Classification Sloop (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Thurso; Scrabster Roads; North Sea; Star Of Hope
Canmore ID 251694
Site Number ND17SW 8025
NGR ND 101 702
NGR Description ND c. 101 702
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/251694
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND17SW 8025 c. 101 702
N58 37 W3 32
NLO: Thurso [name: ND 115 687]
Scrabster [name: ND 102 702].
Thurso Bay [name centred ND 115 699]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
Possibly on map sheet ND16NW.
18 November 1893, STAR OF HOPE, 14 years, not reg. Wood sloop. 13 ton. 3 men. Master and owner G. Gow, Tongue. Tongue to Scrabster. General. Broken to pieces when at anchor in heavy seas. Wind N12. Scrabster Harbour, Caithness.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1893-94 (1895 [C.7858] LXXXVII.327).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1249).
(Classified as wooden sloop, with general cargo: date of loss cited as 18 November 1893). Star of Hope: this vessel was broken by heavy seas in Scrabster harbour. Capt. Gow.
Not registered. Built 1879. Length: 13m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 36.75 W3 32.75).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Scrabster harbour (ND17SW 5.00) is at ND 102 703.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 13 June 2005.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 14059
Name : STAR OF HOPE
Latitude : 583645
Longitude : 33245
Date Built : 1879
Registration : Not Registered
Type : SLOOP (WOOD)
Tonnage : 13
Loss Day : 18
Loss Month : 11
Loss Year : 1893
Comment : Broken by heavy seas in Scrabster Harbour. Capt. Gow
Cargo : GENERAL
