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Matilda: Castlehill, Dunnet Bay, Pentland Firth
Sloop (19th Century)
Site Name Matilda: Castlehill, Dunnet Bay, Pentland Firth
Classification Sloop (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Murkle Bay; Wick; North Sea; Matilda
Canmore ID 274061
Site Number ND16NE 8013
NGR ND 196 686
NGR Description ND c. 196 686
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/274061
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND16NE 8013 c. 196 686
N58 35.9 W3 23
NLO: Castlehill [name: ND 196 686]
Dunnet Bay [name centred ND 198 704]
Wick [name: ND 362 508]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81]
Murkle Bay [name centred ND 171 694]
West Murkle [name: ND 157 695]
East Murkle [name: ND 173 687].
Not to be confused with ND27NW 8013.
Formerly also entered as ND16NE 8021 at cited location ND c. 171 694 [N58 36.3 W3 25.6].
Possibly on map sheet ND17SE.
Thurso, 22nd Dec. The MATILDA (sloop), of this port, from Fisherrow, was put ashore at Castlehill, Dunnet Bay, 19th Dec.: cargo landed, but damaged.
Source: LL, No. 15,201, London, Friday, December 26 1862.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 10318).
(Classified as sloop, with cargo of oilcake and coal: date of loss cited as 19 December 1862). Matilda: this vessel stranded in Murkle Bay. Capt. Smith.
Registration: Thurso. 31 nrt.
(Location of loss cited as N58 36.33 W3 25.75).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
The location of loss cited by Whittaker remains unverified. A location at Castlehill is preferred.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 15 August 2005.
Loss (19 December 1862)
Thurso, 22nd Dec. The MATILDA (sloop), of this port, from Fisherrow, was put ashore at Castlehill, Dunnet Bay, 19th Dec.: cargo landed, but damaged.
Source: LL, No. 15,201, London, Friday, December 26 1862.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 10318).
(Classified as sloop, with cargo of oilcake and coal: date of loss cited as 19 December 1862). Matilda: this vessel stranded in Murkle Bay. Capt. Smith.
Registration: Thurso. 31 nrt.
(Location of loss cited as N58 36.33 W3 25.75).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (15 August 2005)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative; that cited by Whittaker remains unverified. A location at Castlehill is preferred.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 15 August 2005.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 12055
Name : MATILDA
Latitude : 583620
Longitude : 32545
Registration : THURSO
Type : SLOOP
Tonnage : 31
Tonnage Code : N
Loss Day : 19
Loss Month : 12
Loss Year : 1862
Comment : Stranded in Murkle Bay. Capt. Smith
Cargo : OILCAKE, COAL
