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William: Dunnet Sands, Dunnet Bay, Pentland Firth

Schooner (19th Century)

Site Name William: Dunnet Sands, Dunnet Bay, Pentland Firth

Classification Schooner (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) North Sea; William

Canmore ID 259540

Site Number ND26NW 8010

NGR ND 21 69

NGR Description ND c. 21 69

Datum Datum not recorded

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Maritime - Highland
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Maritime
  • Former County Not Applicable

Archaeology Notes

ND26NW 8010 c. 21 69

N58 36 W3 22

NLO: Dunnet Head [name: ND 203 768]

Dunnet Bay [name centred ND 198 704]

Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].

Formerly entered as ND27NW 8011 at cited location ND c. 203 768 [N58 40.3 W3 22.5].

Possibly on map sheets or ND27SW.

Not to be confused with ND26NW 8003.

The WILLIAM, Newhall, of & for Liverpool, from Petersburg, was driven on shore on Dunnet Sands, near Thurso, on 21st instant. Cargo expected to be saved, and the vessel got off, if the weather continued moderate.

Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 5443, London, Tuesday November 30 1819.

NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 6054).

(Classified as schooner, with cargo of hemp and tallow: date of loss cited as 21 November 1819). William: this vessel stranded in Dunnet Bay. Registration: Liverpool.

(Location of loss cited as N58 36.0 W3 22.0).

I G Whittaker 1998.

The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Dunnet Sands are not noted as such on the 1999 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map, but the name may be taken to apply to the extensive sands that extend from ND 216 709 to ND 204 683, around the SE side of Dunnet Bay.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 7 June 2004.

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Reference (2011)

Whittaker ID : 12303

Name : WILLIAM

Latitude : 583600

Longitude : 32200

Registration : LIVERPOOL

Type : SCHOONER

Loss Day : 21

Loss Month : 11

Loss Year : 1819

Comment : Stranded in Dunnet Bay.

Cargo : HEMP, TALLOW

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