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Nancy: North Sea
Lugger (19th Century)
Site Name Nancy: North Sea
Classification Lugger (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'A Few Miles South Of Wick Bay'
Canmore ID 258617
Site Number ND34NE 8006
NGR ND
NGR Description Unlocated
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/258617
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND34NE 8006 unlocated
NLO: Wick [name: ND 362 508]
Wick Bay [name centred ND 376 506].
Possibly on map sheet ND34SE.
3 August 1876 (supposed), NANCY, about 5 yrs old, of Wick, wooden lugger, 15 tons, 5 crew, Master and Owner G. Bain, Mavsey, near Lybster, departed Lybster for fishing, in ballast, thrown on beam ends, 5 lives lost, partial loss, a few miles S. of Wick Bay, Caithness-shire.
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. 2798).
The map sheet assigned to this record is arbitrary. The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998), suggesting that she was successfully refloated.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 14 May 2004.
