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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

Archaeology Notes

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.

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