Catherine: Murkle Bay, Pentland Firth
Craft (19th Century)
Site Name Catherine: Murkle Bay, Pentland Firth
Classification Craft (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Catharine; Muckle Bay; Scrabster Bay; Aberdeen; Thurso; North Sea; Catharine (Catherine ?)
Canmore ID 283237
Site Number ND16NE 8014
NGR ND 171 694
NGR Description ND c. 171 694
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/283237
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND16NE 8014 c. 171 694
N58 36.3 W3 25.6
NLO: Murkle Bay [name centred ND 171 694]
West Murkle [name: ND 157 695]
East Murkle [name: ND 173 687]
Thurso [name: ND 115 687]
Scrabster [name: ND 102 702]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81]
Aberdeen [name: NJ 95 05].
Possibly on map sheet ND17SE.
Not to be confused with ND17SW 8045.
Thurso, 18th Nov. The CATHERINE, of Portsey, Halkett, went ashore in Murkle Bay on the 12th Nov., and has become a total wreck: crew and part of the cargo (pavement) saved.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 12,996, London, Thursday November 22 [1855].
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 9150).
(Classified as schooner, with cargo of pavement: date of loss cited as 12 November 1855). Catharine (Catherine?): this vessel stranded in Murkle Bay, and was lost. Capt. Hawkit (Capt. Halkett?) Registration: Portsoy.
(Location of loss cited as N58 36.33 W3 32.75).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 10 May 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 9307
Name : CATHARINE (CATHERINE ?)
Latitude : 583620
Longitude : 33245
Registration : PORTSOY
Type : SCHOONER
Loss Day : 12
Loss Month : 11
Loss Year : 1855
Comment : Stranded in Murkle Bay and lost. Capt. Hawkit (Capt. Halkett ?)
Cargo : PAVEMENT
