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Mary: Pentland Firth
Smack (19th Century)
Site Name Mary: Pentland Firth
Classification Smack (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Off Duncansby Head'; North Sea; Mary
Canmore ID 274512
Site Number ND47NW 8009
NGR ND 42 75
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/274512
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND47NW 8009 unlocated
NLO: Duncansby Head [name: ND 406 733]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
Wick, 29th Aug. The MARY (smack), of Banff, Gregor, from Spey to Thurso, with timber, was abandoned, waterlogged, off Duncansby Head, 26th Aug.: crew saved.
Source: Additional Intelligence, LL, No. 16,034, London, Thursday, August 31 [1865].
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 10834).
(Classified as smack, with cargo of timber: date cited as 26 August 1865). Mary: this vessel was abandoned off Duncansby Head. Capt. Gregor.
Registration: Banff.
(Location of loss cited as N58 40.0 W3 0.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet and quasi-administrative area assigned to this record are essentially arbitrary, being derived from the cited location of abandonment. It remains unclear whether and where the vessel subsequently stranded or foundered.
The date cited is that of abandonment, rather than subsequent loss.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 29 August 2005.
Evidence Of Loss (26 August 1865)
Wick, 29th Aug. The MARY (smack), of Banff, Gregor, from Spey to Thurso, with timber, was abandoned, waterlogged, off Duncansby Head, 26th Aug.: crew saved.
Source: Additional Intelligence, LL, No. 16,034, London, Thursday, August 31 [1865].
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 10834).
(Classified as smack, with cargo of timber: date cited as 26 August 1865). Mary: this vessel was abandoned off Duncansby Head. Capt. Gregor.
Registration: Banff.
(Location of loss cited as N58 40.0 W3 0.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (29 August 2005)
The map sheet and quasi-administrative area assigned to this record are essentially arbitrary, being derived from the cited location of abandonment. It remains unclear whether and where the vessel subsequently stranded or foundered.
The date cited is that of abandonment, rather than subsequent loss.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 29 August 2005.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 11600
Name : MARY
Latitude : 584000
Longitude : 30000
Registration : BANFF
Type : SMACK
Loss Day : 26
Loss Month : 8
Loss Year : 1865
Comment : Abandonded off Duncansby Head. Capt. Gregor
Cargo : TIMBER
