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St Nicholas: Sinclair's Bay, North Sea
Brig (19th Century)
Site Name St Nicholas: Sinclair's Bay, North Sea
Classification Brig (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) St Nicholai; Saint Nicholas; Saint Nicholas; Sinclair Bay; 'near Wick'; St Nicholas (St Nicolai ?)
Canmore ID 272051
Site Number ND35NE 8022
NGR ND 37 56
NGR Description ND c. 37 56
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND35NE 8022 c. 37 56
N58 29 W3 5
NLO: Sinclair's Bay [name centred ND 37 56]
Wick [name: ND 361 508].
Possibly on map sheet or ND35SW.
Not to be confused with ND35SE 8001.
Wick, 22d Feb. 'The ST. NICHOLAS, Tuley, of and from St. Petersburg to Liverpool, is totally wrecked near this place: only a few of the deals expected to be saved.'
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 6303, London, Friday February 29 1828.
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 6598).
(Classified as brig, with cargo of deals, iron and hemp: date of loss cited as 22 February 1828). St Nicholas (or possibly St Nicholai): this vessel was wrecked in Sinclair [Sinclair's] Bay. Capt. Tuley.
Registration: St Petersburg.
(Location of loss cited as N58 31.0 W3 8.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 14 May 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 13730
Name : ST NICHOLAS (ST NICOLAI ?)
Latitude : 583100
Longitude : 30800
Registration : ST PETERSBURG
Type : BRIG
Loss Day : 22
Loss Month : 2
Loss Year : 1828
Comment : Wrecked in Sinclair Bay. Capt. Tuley
Cargo : DEALS,IRON,HEMP
