Larne: Bur Wick, South Ronaldsay, Orkney, Pentland Firth
Barque (19th Century)
Site Name Larne: Bur Wick, South Ronaldsay, Orkney, Pentland Firth
Classification Barque (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Brough Bay; Brough Ness; Dunnet Head; North Sea; Larne
Canmore ID 274172
Site Number ND48SW 8003
NGR ND 440 838
NGR Description ND c. 440 838
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Maritime - Orkney
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND48SW 8003 c. 440 838
N58 44.3 W2 58.1
NLO: Dunnet Bay [name centred ND 198 704]
Dunnet Head [name: ND 203 768]
Bur Wick [name: ND 440 838]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
Formerly entered as ND27SW 8002 (unlocated).
Possibly within Maritime - Highland.
Dunnet, by Thurso, 10th Dec. The LARNE (barque), Shewan, of and for Leith, from Quebec, lost sails and spars off Dunnet Head, and went on shore in Brough Bay, Pentland Firth, at about 5 p.m. to-day: crew saved: vessel a total wreck.
Source: LL, No. 15,499, London, Saturday, December 12 1863.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 10498).
(Classified as barque: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 10 December 1863). Larne: this vessel was wrecked in Brough Bay, Pentland Firth. Capt. Shewan.
Registration: Leith. Built 1840. 554nrt. Length: 38m. Beam: 8m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 39.33 W3 16.75.
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location, map sheet and quasi-administrative area assigned to this record are essentially tentative. The vessel may have been lost within the area designated as Maritime - Highland.
The most probable location for this loss is on the SW point of South Ronaldsay, Orkney, where the 1998 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map notes Brough and Brough Ness at ND 445 833 and ND 445 827 respectively. Brough Bay may be equated with the small bay of Bur Wick, to the W of Brough.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 17 August 2005.
Loss (10 December 1863)
Dunnet, by Thurso, 10th Dec. The LARNE (barque), Shewan, of and for Leith, from Quebec, lost sails and spars off Dunnet Head, and went on shore in Brough Bay, Pentland Firth, at about 5 p.m. to-day: crew saved: vessel a total wreck.
Source: LL, No. 15,499, London, Saturday, December 12 1863.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 10498).
(Classified as barque: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 10 December 1863). Larne: this vessel was wrecked in Brough Bay, Pentland Firth. Capt. Shewan.
Registration: Leith. Built 1840. 554nrt. Length: 38m. Beam: 8m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 39.33 W3 16.75.
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (17 August 2005)
The location, map sheet and quasi-administrative area assigned to this record are essentially tentative. The vessel may have been lost within the area designated as Maritime - Highland.
The most probable location for this loss is on the SW point of South Ronaldsay, Orkney, where the 1998 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map notes Brough and Brough Ness at ND 445 833 and ND 445 827 respectively. Brough Bay may be equated with the small bay of Bur Wick, to the W of Brough.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 17 August 2005.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 11406
Name : LARNE
Latitude : 583920
Longitude : 31645
Date Built : 1840
Registration : LEITH
Type : BARQUE
Tonnage : 554
Tonnage Code : N
Length : 38
Beam : 8
Loss Day : 10
Loss Month : 12
Loss Year : 1863
Comment : Wrecked in Brough Bay, Pentland Firth. Capt. Shewan
