Aid: Scrabster Roads, Thurso Bay, Pentland Firth
Smack (19th Century)
Site Name Aid: Scrabster Roads, Thurso Bay, Pentland Firth
Classification Smack (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Up The Roads'; North Sea
Canmore ID 283414
Site Number ND17SW 8038
NGR ND 11 70
NGR Description ND c. 11 70
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND17SW 8038 c. 11 70
N58 37 W3 32
NLO: Thurso [name: ND 115 687]
Scrabster [name: ND 102 702].
Thurso Bay [name centred ND 115 699]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
Possibly on map sheet ND16NW.
Scrabster, 27th Aug. The AID (smack), of Wick, from Newcastle to Thurso, with coals, in working up the Roads during the gale yesterday, was driven ashore on the Sands, but has apparently received little damage, and is expected off if the weather be moderate.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 13,236, London, Monday September 1 1856.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 9267).
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998), possibly confirming her successful recovery.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 11 October 2006.
