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Henry: Proudfoot Rocks, North Head, Wick Bay, North Sea
Schooner (19th Century)
Site Name Henry: Proudfoot Rocks, North Head, Wick Bay, North Sea
Classification Schooner (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'On To The Rocks On The North Side Of This Bay'; Henry
Canmore ID 284125
Site Number ND35SE 8114
NGR ND 383 507
NGR Description ND c. 383 507
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/284125
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND35SE 8114 c. 383 507
N58 26.4 W3 3.4
NLO: North Head [name: ND 384 507]
Proudfoot [name: ND 382 508]
Wick Bay [name centred ND 376 506]
Wick [name: ND 362 508].
Not to be confused with ND35SE 8023.
Wick, 3rd Sept. The HENRY (schr.), of Lossiemouth, McKay, struck on the rocks on the North side of this bay last evening, and has broken her back, and is expected to become a total wreck: crew saved. The vessel is being dismantled.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 13,861, London, Monday September 6 1858.
Wick, 15th Sept. The HENRY, (schr.) of Lossiemouth, McKay, which went on to the rocks on the North side of this bay 2nd Sept., has become a total wreck, and been sold.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 13,873, London, Monday September 20 1858.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 9532).
Staxigo [Staxigoe], 11th Sept. A schooner is on shore on the north side of Wick Bay, and likely to become a wreck.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 13,871, London, Friday September 17 1858.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 9534).
(Classified as schooner, in ballast: date of loss cited as 3 September 1858). Henry: this vessel stranded [on the] North side of Wick Bay: report 11/3/1858, likely wreck.
Registration: Lossiemouth. Built 1856. 130 grt. Length: 25m. Beam: 7m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 26.50 W3 4.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. This vessel presumably stranded (like many others) on Proudfoot Rocks, which are not noted as such on the 1998 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map. The name presumably applies to the extensive and prominent rocks around North Head.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 1 November 2006.
Loss (3 September 1858)
Wick, 3rd Sept. The HENRY (schr.), of Lossiemouth, McKay, struck on the rocks on the North side of this bay last evening, and has broken her back, and is expected to become a total wreck: crew saved. The vessel is being dismantled.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 13,861, London, Monday September 6 1858.
Wick, 15th Sept. The HENRY, (schr.) of Lossiemouth, McKay, which went on to the rocks on the North side of this bay 2nd Sept., has become a total wreck, and been sold.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 13,873, London, Monday September 20 1858.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 9532).
Staxigo [Staxigoe], 11th Sept. A schooner is on shore on the north side of Wick Bay, and likely to become a wreck.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 13,871, London, Friday September 17 1858.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 9534).
(Classified as schooner, in ballast: date of loss cited as 3 September 1858). Henry: this vessel stranded [on the] North side of Wick Bay: report 11/3/1858, likely wreck.
Registration: Lossiemouth. Built 1856. 130 grt. Length: 25m. Beam: 7m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 26.50 W3 4.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (1 November 2006)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. This vessel presumably stranded (like many others) on Proudfoot Rocks, which are not noted as such on the 1998 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map. The name presumably applies to the extensive and prominent rocks around North Head.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 1 November 2006.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 5152
Name : HENRY
Latitude : 582630
Longitude : 30430
Date Built : 1856
Registration : LOSSIEMOUTH
Type : SCHOONER
Tonnage : 130
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 25
Beam : 7
Loss Day : 3
Loss Month : 9
Loss Year : 1858
Comment : Stranded N side of Wick Bay, report 11/3/1858 likely wreck
Cargo : BALLAST
