Helen Maxwell: Dunnet Head, Pentland Firth
Sloop (19th Century)
Site Name Helen Maxwell: Dunnet Head, Pentland Firth
Classification Sloop (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'On Dunnet Heard'; North Sea; Helen Maxwell
Canmore ID 269526
Site Number ND27NW 8012
NGR ND 203 768
NGR Description ND c. 203 768
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND27NW 8012 c. 203 768
N58 40.3 W3 22.5
NLO: Dunnet Head [name: ND 203 768]
Dunnet Bay [name centred ND 198 704]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
Possibly on map sheet ND17NE.
Thurso, 7th Oct. 'The HELEN MAXWELL, Shannon, of and from Dumfries to Wick, was driven on shore on Dunnet Heard [Head], 3d inst., and it is feared will be wrecked. Part of the materials saved.'
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 5951, London, Friday October 15 1824.
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 6373).
(Classified as sloop: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 3 October 1824). Helen Maxwell: this vessel stranded on Dunnet Head. Capt. Shannon.
Registration: Dumfries. Built 1819. 51 tons burthern. Length: 15m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 40.33 W3 22.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The classification cited by Whittaker remains unverified.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 20 December 2004.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 9573
Name : HELEN MAXWELL
Latitude : 584020
Longitude : 32200
Date Built : 1819
Registration : DUMFRIES
Type : SLOOP
Tonnage : 51
Tonnage Code : B
Length : 15
Beam : 5
Loss Day : 3
Loss Month : 10
Loss Year : 1824
Comment : Stranded on Dunnet Head. Capt. Shannon
