Diana And Janet: Thurso Bay, Pentland Firth
Craft (19th Century)
Site Name Diana And Janet: Thurso Bay, Pentland Firth
Classification Craft (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Diana & Janet; '1 Mile Off Thurson River'; Thurso River; North Sea
Canmore ID 255948
Site Number ND17SW 8027
NGR ND 12 70
NGR Description ND c. 12 70
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND17SW 8027 c. 12 70
N58 37 W3 31
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.
31 May 1871, DIANA AND JANET, of Wick, 11 yrs old, fishing boat, 1 ton, 2 crew, departed Thurso for fishing, in ballast, foundered, total loss, wind N9, 1 mile off Thurson [Thurso] River.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK [Record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 2415).
(Classified as fishing boat, in ballast: date of loss cited as 31 May 1871). Diana & Janet: this vessel foundered one mile off the Thurso River. Registration: British. 1 ton [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N58 37.0 W3 31.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
A location at ND c. 12 70 may be suggested for this loss.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 23 March 2004.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 5377
Name : DIANA & JANET
Latitude : 583700
Longitude : 33100
Registration : BRITISH
Type : FISHING BOAT
Tonnage : 1
Loss Day : 31
Loss Month : 5
Loss Year : 1871
Comment : Foundered 1 mile off Thurso River
Cargo : BALLAST
