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Ceres: Helmsdale Harbour Entrance, North Sea
Lugger (19th Century)
Site Name Ceres: Helmsdale Harbour Entrance, North Sea
Classification Lugger (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Wk 71; River Helmsdale; Ceres (Wk 71)
Canmore ID 252277
Site Number ND01NW 8005
NGR ND 029 151
NGR Description ND c. 029 151
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND01NW 8005 c. 029 151
N58 6.9 W3 38.9
NLO: Helmsdale [name: ND 028 153].
20 March 1889. CERES, 2 years, not reg. Wood lugger. 15 ton. 8 men. Master F. Robertson. Owner A. Crawford, Wick. Wick to fishing. Ballast. Wind NE8. Entrance to Helmsdale Harbour, Sutherlandshire.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1888-89 (1890 [C.6115] LXVI.543).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1636).
(Classified as wooden lugger, in ballast; registration cited as WK 71, and date of loss as 20 March 1889). Ceres: this vessel stranded [at the] entrance to Helmsdale harbour. Capt. Robertson.
Registration: Wick. Built 1887. 20 tons register. Length: 14m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 7.00 W3 39.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Helmsdale Harbour (ND01NW 61.00) is centred at ND 03002 15154.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 26 November 2003.
Loss (20 March 1889)
20 March 1889. CERES, 2 years, not reg. Wood lugger. 15 ton. 8 men. Master F. Robertson. Owner A. Crawford, Wick. Wick to fishing. Ballast. Wind NE8. Entrance to Helmsdale Harbour, Sutherlandshire.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1888-89 (1890 [C.6115] LXVI.543).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1636).
(Classified as wooden lugger, in ballast; registration cited as WK 71, and date of loss as 20 March 1889). Ceres: this vessel stranded [at the] entrance to Helmsdale harbour. Capt. Robertson.
Registration: Wick. Built 1887. 20 tons register. Length: 14m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 7.00 W3 39.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (26 November 2003)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Helmsdale Harbour (ND01NW 61.00) is centred at ND 03002 15154.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 26 November 2003.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 4029
Name : CERES (WK 71)
Latitude : 580700
Longitude : 33900
Date Built : 1887
Registration : WICK
Type : LUGGER (WOOD)
Tonnage : 20
Tonnage Code : R
Length : 14
Loss Day : 20
Loss Month : 3
Loss Year : 1889
Comment : Stranded entr to Helmsdale Hbr. Capt. Robertson
Cargo : BALLAST
