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Friends: Wick Harbour Entrance, North Sea
Craft (19th Century)
Site Name Friends: Wick Harbour Entrance, North Sea
Classification Craft (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Wick Bay
Canmore ID 272568
Site Number ND35SE 8096
NGR ND 368 509
NGR Description ND c. 368 509
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND35SE 8096 c. 368 509
N58 26.5 W3 5
NLO: Wick [name: ND 361 508]
Wick Bay [name centred ND 376 506].
Not to be confused with ND35SE 8078.
Peterhead, 8th Nov. 'The FRIENDS, of Wick, in taking the harbor yesterday, struck on the rocks, and has gone to pieces.'
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 6898, London, Tuesday November 12 1833.
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 6867).
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Wick Harbour (ND35SE 66.00) is centred at ND 36820 50670.
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998).
Informatrion from RCAHMS (RJCM), 23 May 2005.
