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Regina: Whaligoe Harbour, North Sea
Smack (19th Century)
Site Name Regina: Whaligoe Harbour, North Sea
Classification Smack (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'In The Haven Of Whaligoe'; Whaligeo; Regina
Canmore ID 259766
Site Number ND34SW 8004
NGR ND 321 402
NGR Description ND c. 321 402
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND34SW 8004 c. 321 402
N58 20.7 W3 9.6
NLO: Whaligoe [name: ND 320 403].
Possibly on map sheet ND33NW.
Wick, 21st Aug. 'The REGINA, McWilliam, of Whithorn, was totally wrecked yesterday in the Haven of Whaligoe: crew saved.'
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 9812, London, Monday August 25 1845.
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 7971).
(Classified as smack: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 20 August 1845). Regina: this vessel was wrecked at Whaligeo [Whaligoe], Caithness. Capt. McWilliam.
Registration: Wigtown. Built 1821. 30 tons burthern. Length: 13m. Beam: 4m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 20.50 W3 9.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Whaligoe harbour (ND34SW 121) is at ND 3210 4025.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 10 June 2004.
Loss (20 August 1845)
Wick, 21st Aug. 'The REGINA, McWilliam, of Whithorn, was totally wrecked yesterday in the Haven of Whaligoe: crew saved.'
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 9812, London, Monday August 25 1845.
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 7971).
(Classified as smack: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 20 August 1845). Regina: this vessel was wrecked at Whaligeo [Whaligoe], Caithness. Capt. McWilliam.
Registration: Wigtown. Built 1821. 30 tons burthern. Length: 13m. Beam: 4m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 20.50 W3 9.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (10 June 2004)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Whaligoe harbour (ND34SW 121) is at ND 3210 4025.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 10 June 2004.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 10761
Name : REGINA
Latitude : 582030
Longitude : 30930
Date Built : 1821
Registration : WIGTOWN
Type : SMACK
Tonnage : 30
Tonnage Code : B
Length : 13
Beam : 4
Loss Day : 20
Loss Month : 8
Loss Year : 1845
Comment : Wrecked at Whaligeo, Caithness. Capt. McWilliam
