Bolette: St John's Point, Pentland Firth
Schooner (19th Century)
Site Name Bolette: St John's Point, Pentland Firth
Classification Schooner (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Ballata; Huna; North Sea; Bolette
Canmore ID 283443
Site Number ND37NW 8034
NGR ND 311 753
NGR Description ND c. 311 753
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND38SW 8034 c. 311 753
N58 39.6 W3 11.3
NLO: St John's Point [name: ND 311 753]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
Dunnet, by Thurso, 18th Nov. The BALLATA? BOLETTE (schr.), of and for Dram, from Thurso, in ballast, struck on the rocks at St. John's Point, Pentland Frith, 16th Nov., and the next morning became a total wreck: crew saved.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 13,306, London, Friday November 21 1856.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 9287).
(Classified as schooner, in ballast: date of loss cited as 15 November 1856). Bolette: this vessel stranded at St John's Point, Huna. Capt. Eger. Registration: Drammen.
(Location of loss cited as N58 39.5 W3 11.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The name cited by Whittaker is accepted.
Huna is not noted as such on the 1999 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map, but the Ness of Huna is at ND 363 738.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 12 October 2006.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 10961
Name : BOLETTE
Latitude : 583930
Longitude : 31100
Registration : DRAMMEN
Type : SCHOONER
Loss Day : 15
Loss Month : 11
Loss Year : 1856
Comment : Stranded at St John's Point, Huna. Capt. Eger
Cargo : BALLAST
