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Unknown: Wick Harbour, North Sea
Craft (19th Century)
Site Name Unknown: Wick Harbour, North Sea
Classification Craft (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Wick Bay; Wick Harbour, South Pier
Canmore ID 252854
Site Number ND35SE 8066
NGR ND 368 509
NGR Description ND c. 368 509
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND35SE 8066 c. 368 509
N58 26.5 W3 5
NLO: Wick Bay [name centred ND 376 506]
Wick [name: ND 362 508].
3rd August 1876, UNKNOWN, boat struck South side of South Pier, Wick, whilst several boats were coming into the harbour. John Douglas, fisherman, lost his life.
Source: PP Report and Evidence of Inquiry into Loss of Life from Shipwreck at [record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1865).
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. Wick Harbour (ND35SE 66.00) is centred at ND 36820 50670.
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 15 December 2003.