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Unknown: Pentland Firth
Lugger (19th Century)
Site Name Unknown: Pentland Firth
Classification Lugger (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Near Thurso'; North Sea
Canmore ID 254949
Site Number ND17SW 8026
NGR ND
NGR Description Unlocated
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND17SW 8026 unlocated
NLO: Thurso [name: ND 115 687]
Thurso Bay [name centred ND 115 699]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
17th March 1860, UNKNOWN, fishing boat, lugger, 10 tons, 8 crew, in ballast, capsized, partial loss, 8 lives lost, unknown location, supposed near Thurso.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK 1860 (1861 [2811] LVIII.335).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 2050).
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 1 March 2004.
