Edith: St John's Point, Pentland Firth
Schooner (19th Century)
Site Name Edith: St John's Point, Pentland Firth
Classification Schooner (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) North Sea
Canmore ID 284368
Site Number ND37NW 8040
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
ND37NW 8040 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].
Huna, 26th Oct. The EDITH (schr.), supposed to be of and from St. David's for Castlehill, with tiles, struck upon St. John's Point, Pentland Firth, last night, and shortly after swung off and sunk in deep water: master and mate drowned.
Source: LL, No. 15,462, London, Friday, October 30 1863.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 10447).
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 9 November 2006.
Loss (25 October 1863)
Huna, 26th Oct. The EDITH (schr.), supposed to be of and from St. David's for Castlehill, with tiles, struck upon St. John's Point, Pentland Firth, last night, and shortly after swung off and sunk in deep water: master and mate drowned.
Source: LL, No. 15,462, London, Friday, October 30 1863.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 10447).
Note (9 November 2006)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 9 November 2006.
