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John Bailie: North Sea
Craft (19th Century)
Site Name John Bailie: North Sea
Classification Craft (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Whalgoe; Whaligoe
Canmore ID 262570
Site Number ND34SW 8005
NGR ND
NGR Description Unlocated
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND34SW 8005 unlocated
NLO: Whaligoe [name: ND 320 403].
Possibly on map sheet ND33NW.
Wick, 31st Dec., a board, supposed to have been attached to a boat, marked 'JOHN BAILIE, Prestonpans', and a piece of wood, apparently part of a compass-box, marked 'V.Z.L. & Co.', have been picked up at Whalgoe [Whaligoe], a few miles from here.
Source: Shipping Intelligence, LL, No. 18,317, London, Friday January 3 1873.
NMRS, MS/829/69 (no. 3898).
The map sheet assigned to this record is arbitrary, being derived from the reported location of discovery of wreckage. The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 10 August 2004.
