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Esperance: John O' Groats, Pentland Firth
Lugger (19th Century)
Site Name Esperance: John O' Groats, Pentland Firth
Classification Lugger (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) St John's Point; North Sea; Esperance
Canmore ID 261867
Site Number ND37SE 8026
NGR ND 38 73
NGR Description ND c. 38 73
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/261867
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND37SE 8026 c. 38 73
N58 38 W3 4
NLO: John o' Groats [name centred ND 385 727]
St John's Point [name: ND 311 753]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
Wick, 29th July, the ESPERANCE (lugger), of Dieppe, went down yesterday in the Pentland Firth: crew saved.
Source: Shipping Intelligence, LL, No. 18,183, London, Tuesday July 30 1872.
Wick, July, the ESPERANCE (lugger), of Dieppe, which sunk in the Pentland Frith, 28th July, was bound from Iceland to Dieppe, with codfish and oil: Cointrel, master. [Record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/69 (no. 3823).
(Classified as lugger, with cargo of codfish and oil: date of loss cited as 28 July 1872). Esperance: this vessel stranded at St John's Point, floated, then sank 300 yards off John O'Groats. Capt. Cointrel. Registration: Dieppe.
(Location of loss cited as N58 39.0 W3 4.33).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 5386
Name : ESPERANCE
Latitude : 583900
Longitude : 30420
Registration : DIEPPE
Type : LUGGER
Loss Day : 28
Loss Month : 7
Loss Year : 1872
Comment : Stranded at St Johns Pt, floated, sank 300 yds off John O'Groats. Capt. Cointrel
Cargo : CODFISH, OIL
