Reliance: Wick Harbour Entrance, North Sea
Lugger (19th Century)
Site Name Reliance: Wick Harbour Entrance, North Sea
Classification Lugger (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Wick Bay
Canmore ID 258592
Site Number ND35SE 8072
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 8072 c. 368 509
N58 26.5 W3 5
NLO: Wick Bay [name centred ND 376 506]
Wick [name: ND 362 508].
3 August 1876, RELIANCE, 1 yr old, of Wick, wooden lugger, 18 tons, 7 crew, Master and Owner J. Douglas, of Wick, departed Wick for fishing, in ballast, 1 life lost (master), partial loss, wind S. by E.6, stranded, near the entrance of Wick Harbour.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK 1876 - 77 (1877 [C.1891] LXXV.181).
NMRS, MS/829/69 (no. 2790).
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Wick Harbour (ND35SE 66.00) is centred at ND 36820 50670.
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998). She was possibly successfully recovered.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 13 May 2004.
