Sir William Wallace: Pentland Firth
Brig (19th Century)
Site Name Sir William Wallace: Pentland Firth
Classification Brig (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) North Sea; Atlantic; Sir William Wallace
Canmore ID 259740
Site Number ND37NW 8080
NGR ND 32 76
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/259740
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND37NW 8080 unlocated
NLO: Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
Not to be confused with ND16NE 8012.
Possibly within Maritime - Orkney.
Greenock, 9th Sept. 'The SIR WILLIAM WALLACE, Cairns, from St. Petersburg to Liverpool, is reported to have been totally lost in the Pentland Firth, 23rd ult., and only one of the crew saved.'
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 9205, London, Monday September 11 1843.
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 7793).
(Classified as brig: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 23 August 1843). Sir William Wallace; this vessel was lost in the Pentland Firth. Capt. Cairns.
Registration: Aberdeen. Built 1824. 321 tons burthern. Length: 30m. Beam: 8m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 40.0 W3 10.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. The vessel may have been lost within the quasi-administrative area that is defined as Maritime - Orkney.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 10 June 2004.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 14275
Name : SIR WILLIAM WALLACE
Latitude : 584000
Longitude : 31000
Date Built : 1824
Registration : ABERDEEN
Type : BRIG
Tonnage : 321
Tonnage Code : B
Length : 30
Beam : 8
Loss Day : 23
Loss Month : 8
Loss Year : 1843
Comment : Lost in the Pentland Firth. Capt. Cairns
