Friends: Dunnet Bay, Pentland Firth
Craft (19th Century)
Site Name Friends: Dunnet Bay, Pentland Firth
Classification Craft (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Friend; Dunnet Head; North Sea; Friends (Friend ?)
Canmore ID 268813
Site Number ND26NW 8011
NGR ND 21 69
NGR Description ND c. 21 69
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND26NW 8011 c. 21 69
N58 36 W3 22
NLO: Dunnet Bay [name centred ND 198 704]
Dunnet Head [name: ND 203 768]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
Possibly on map sheets ND16NE, or ND27SW.
The FRIENDS, Dawson, of Workington, from Memel to Liverpool, was stranded in Dunnet Bay, Caithness, 8th inst., but expected to be got off.
Source: The Marine List, LL, London, Friday October 21 1814.
NMRS, MS/829/70 (no. 5805).
(No classification or cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 8 October 1814). Friends (Friend?): this vessel stranded in Dunnet Bay. Expected all gone. Capt. Dawson. Registration: Workington.
(Location of loss cited as N58 36.0 W3 22.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 26 November 2004.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 8362
Name : FRIENDS (FRIEND ?)
Latitude : 583600
Longitude : 32200
Registration : WORKINGTON
Loss Day : 8
Loss Month : 10
Loss Year : 1814
Comment : Stranded Dunnet Bay, expected AG. Capt. Dawson
