Boomerang: St John's Point, Pentland Firth
Brig (19th Century)
Site Name Boomerang: St John's Point, Pentland Firth
Classification Brig (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) St John's Reef; North Sea; Boomerang
Canmore ID 284367
Site Number ND37NW 8039
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 8039 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].
Thurso, 15th July. [recd. 18th, per E.T. from Inverness at 10.20]. The BOOMERANG (brig), of Dundee, from Havana to Copenhagen, struck on St. John's Point, Pentland Firth: shortly in deep water: crew saved: vessel and cargo lost.
Source: LL, No. 15,064, London, Friday, July 18 1862.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 10240).
(Classified as brig, with cargo of sugar: date of loss cited as 15 July 1862). Boomerang: this vessel was wrecked on St John's Reef.
Registration: Dundee. Built 1854. 214grt. Length: 30m. Beam: 7m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 39.67 W3 11.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. St John's Reef is not noted as such on the 1999 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map. The name presumably applies to some or all of the rocks beneath St John's Point.
The cargo cited by Whittaker remains unverified, but is accepted.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 9 November 2006.
Loss (15 July 1862)
Thurso, 15th July. [recd. 18th, per E.T. from Inverness at 10.20]. The BOOMERANG (brig), of Dundee, from Havana to Copenhagen, struck on St. John's Point, Pentland Firth: shortly in deep water: crew saved: vessel and cargo lost.
Source: LL, No. 15,064, London, Friday, July 18 1862.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 10240).
(Classified as brig, with cargo of sugar: date of loss cited as 15 July 1862). Boomerang: this vessel was wrecked on St John's Reef.
Registration: Dundee. Built 1854. 214grt. Length: 30m. Beam: 7m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 39.67 W3 11.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (9 November 2006)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. St John's Reef is not noted as such on the 1999 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map. The name presumably applies to some or all of the rocks beneath St John's Point.
The cargo cited by Whittaker remains unverified, but is accepted.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 9 November 2006.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 9900
Name : BOOMERANG
Latitude : 583940
Longitude : 31100
Date Built : 1854
Registration : DUNDEE
Type : BRIG
Tonnage : 214
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 30
Beam : 7
Draught : 4m
Loss Day : 15
Loss Month : 7
Loss Year : 1862
Comment : Wrecked on St John's Reef. Capt. Robertson
Cargo : SUGAR
