Lloyd's: Ackergill, Sinclair's Bay, North Sea
Craft (19th Century)
Site Name Lloyd's: Ackergill, Sinclair's Bay, North Sea
Classification Craft (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Lloyds; Ackergill Tower; Ackergill Sands
Canmore ID 283260
Site Number ND35SE 8109
NGR ND 35 54
NGR Description ND c. 35 54
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND35SE 8109 c. 35 54
N58 28 W3 7
NLO: Ackergill Links [name centred ND 342 565]
Ackergill Tower [name: ND 3528 5466]
Ackergillshore [name: ND 358 544]
Wick [name: ND 362 508]
Sinclair's Bay [name centred ND 36 56].
Possibly on map sheet or ND35SW.
Wick, 28th Dec [1855]. The LLOYD'S of and for this port, Mackay, from Culloden, with brick and tiles, was driven on the rocks near Ackergill Castle [Ackergill Tower], on the 22nd Dec., and has become a total wreck.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 13,029, London, Tuesday January 1 1856.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 9177).
(No classification specified: cargo cited as bricks and tiles, and date of loss as 22 December 1855). Lloyds: this vessel was wrecked on rocks near Ackergill Castle [Ackergill Tower: ND35SE 16.00]. Capt. McKay.
Registration: Wick.
(Location of loss cited as N58 28.50 W3 6.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. Ackergill Tower (ND35SE 16.00) is at ND 3528 5466.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 6 October 2006.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 5112
Name : LLOYDS
Latitude : 582830
Longitude : 30630
Registration : WICK
Loss Day : 22
Loss Month : 12
Loss Year : 1855
Comment : Wrecked on rocks near Ackergill Castle. Capt. McKay
Cargo : BRICKS AND TILES
