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Splendid: Wick Harbour Entrance, Wick Bay, North Sea
Schooner (19th Century)
Site Name Splendid: Wick Harbour Entrance, Wick Bay, North Sea
Classification Schooner (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Wick Bar; 'behind The North Quay Of Pulteney Town Harbour'; Pulteneytown Harbour; Splendid
Canmore ID 275877
Site Number ND35SE 8105
NGR ND 368 509
NGR Description ND c. 368 509
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/275877
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND35SE 8105 c. 368 509
N58 26.5 W3 5
NLO: Wick Bay [name centred ND 376 506]
Wick [name: ND 362 508].
Wick, 23rd Apl. The SPLENDID, of Pwllheli, Owen, from Newcastle to Drogheda, sprang a leak off Peterhead, last night, ran for Wick Bay, and was stranded behind the North Quay of Pulteney Town [Pulteneytown] Harbour this morning, and is waterlogged: crew saved. There is a heavy sea running, and the vessel is likely to become a total wreck.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 11,884, London, Monday April 26 1852.
Pulteney Town [Pulteneytown], Wick, 4th May. The SPLENDID, Owen, from Newcastle to Drogheda, which was stranded here 25th Apl., got off after part of the cargo had been thrown overboard, and was brought in here last night. [Record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 8783).
(Classified as schooner, with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 22 April 1852). Splendid: this vessel stranded on Wick Bar. All gone into Wick Harbour, but [became a] constructive total loss. Capt. Owen.
Registration: Pwllheli. Built 1839. 111 nrt.
(Location of loss cited as N58 26.33 W3 5.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. Wick or Pulteneytown Harbour (ND35SE 66.00) is centred at ND 36820 50670.
The classification and cargo cited by Whittaker remain unverified, but are accepted.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 12 October 2005.
Loss (22 April 1852)
Wick, 23rd Apl. The SPLENDID, of Pwllheli, Owen, from Newcastle to Drogheda, sprang a leak off Peterhead, last night, ran for Wick Bay, and was stranded behind the North Quay of Pulteney Town [Pulteneytown] Harbour this morning, and is waterlogged: crew saved. There is a heavy sea running, and the vessel is likely to become a total wreck.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 11,884, London, Monday April 26 1852.
Pulteney Town [Pulteneytown], Wick, 4th May. The SPLENDID, Owen, from Newcastle to Drogheda, which was stranded here 25th Apl., got off after part of the cargo had been thrown overboard, and was brought in here last night. [Record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 8783).
(Classified as schooner, with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 22 April 1852). Splendid: this vessel stranded on Wick Bar. All gone into Wick Harbour, but [became a] constructive total loss. Capt. Owen.
Registration: Pwllheli. Built 1839. 111 nrt.
(Location of loss cited as N58 26.33 W3 5.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (12 October 2005)
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. Wick or Pulteneytown Harbour (ND35SE 66.00) is centred at ND 36820 50670.
The classification and cargo cited by Whittaker remain unverified, but are accepted.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 12 October 2005.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 10803
Name : SPLENDID
Latitude : 582620
Longitude : 30500
Date Built : 1839
Registration : PWLLHELI
Type : SCHOONER
Tonnage : 111
Tonnage Code : N
Loss Day : 22
Loss Month : 4
Loss Year : 1852
Comment : Stranded on Wick Bar. AG into harbour but CTL. Capt. Owen
Cargo : COAL
