Isabella: Thurso Bay, Pentland Firth

ND16NW 8044 c. 11 69

N58 36 W3 32

NLO: Thurso [name: ND 115 687]

Thurso Bay [name centred ND 115 699]

Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].

Possibly on map sheet ND17SW.

See also ND16NW 8043 and ND16NW 8045.

Not to be confused with ND16NW 8038 and ND26NW 8004.

Thurso, 11th Oct. 'The PLOUGH, from Bangor to Newcastle, is on shore to the Westward a wreck. The crew, except one, saved. The ISABELLA, of Belfast, for Dublin, is on shore near the former, and is also a wreck. The crew, and from 15 to 20 barrels of herrings saved. The OCEAN, from Quebec to Newcastle, is at anchor off Dunnet, water-logged and deserted by the crew.'

Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 7099, London, Friday October 16 1835.

Thurso, 14th Oct. 'The ISABELLA, of Belfast: the PLOUGH, from Bangor, and the OCEAN from Quebec to Newcastle, are total wrecks: the hull of the former, and 19 barrels of herrings, saved, have been sold. The PLOUGH and cargo will be sold tomorrow: and the OCEAN is in a very bad state, and much exposed to the weather and rocks: the vessel is all in pieces.'

Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 7100, London, Tuesday October 20 1835.

NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 7099).

(No classification specified: cargo cited as herrings, and date of loss as 4 October 1835). Isabella: this vessel was wrecked near Thurso.

Registration: Belfast. Built 1815. 83 nrt.

(Location of loss cited as N58 36.0 W3 31.5).

I G Whittaker 1998.

The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.

The cargo and location of loss cited by Whittaker remain unverified.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 21 June 2005.