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Unknown: Pentland Firth
Craft (19th Century)
Site Name Unknown: Pentland Firth
Classification Craft (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Off Duncansby Head'; 'off Duncan's Head, Near Duncansby'; North Sea
Canmore ID 276679
Site Number ND47SW 8025
NGR ND
NGR Description Unlocated
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/276679
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND47SW 8025 unlocated
NLO: Duncansby Head [name: ND 406 733]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
See also HY64SE 8050 and ND37NE 8031.
St. Margaret's Hope, 17th Oct. 'A vessel is reported on shore in Sandy [Sanday], and one in Strona [Stroma], and another it is said to have gone down off Duncan's [Duncansby] Head, with all hands.'
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 9871, London, Saturday November 1 1845.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 8013).
(No classification or cargo specified: date of loss cited as 17 October 1845). Unknown: this vessel foundered off Duncan's [Duncansby] Head, near Duncansby.
(Location of loss cited as N58 37.0 W3 0.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet and quasi-administrative area assigned to this record are arbitrary, being derived from the location of report.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 15 November 2005.
