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Jean: Wick Bay, North Sea
Craft (19th Century)
Site Name Jean: Wick Bay, North Sea
Classification Craft (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'On The North Side Of Wick Bay'; Jean
Canmore ID 272779
Site Number ND35SE 8098
NGR ND 376 506
NGR Description ND c. 376 506
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/272779
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND35SE 8098 c. 376 506
N58 26.4 W3 4.1
NLO: Wick Bay [name centred ND 376 506]
Wick [name: ND 362 508].
Not to be confused with ND35SE 8061.
Wick, 5th Sept. 'The JEAN, of Belfast, supposed to be bound to Shetland, was stranded yesterday afternoon on the north side of Wick Bay, but during the night she slipped off, and is now under water.'
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 6985, London, Friday September 12 1834.
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 6950).
(No classification or cargo specified: date of loss cited as 9 September 1834). Jean: this vessel stranded in Wick Bay.
(Location of loss cited as N58 26.33 W3 4.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
The date of loss cited by Whittaker differs from that cited in the primary account of the loss; the latter is preferred.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 14 June 2005.
Loss (4 September 1834)
Wick, 5th Sept. 'The JEAN, of Belfast, supposed to be bound to Shetland, was stranded yesterday afternoon on the north side of Wick Bay, but during the night she slipped off, and is now under water.'
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 6985, London, Friday September 12 1834.
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 6950).
(No classification or cargo specified: date of loss cited as 9 September 1834). Jean: this vessel stranded in Wick Bay.
(Location of loss cited as N58 26.33 W3 4.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (14 June 2005)
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
The date of loss cited by Whittaker differs from that cited in the primary account of the loss; the latter is preferred.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 14 June 2005.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 14478
Name : JEAN
Latitude : 582620
Longitude : 30400
Loss Day : 9
Loss Month : 9
Loss Year : 1834
Comment : Stranded in Wick Bay.
