Bee: Scrabster Harbour, Thurso Bay, Pentland Firth
Smack (19th Century)
Site Name Bee: Scrabster Harbour, Thurso Bay, Pentland Firth
Classification Smack (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Thurso; Scrabster Roads; North Sea; Bee
Canmore ID 284521
Site Number ND17SW 8042
NGR ND 101 702
NGR Description ND c. 101 702
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND17SW 8042 c. 101 702
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.
Not to be confused with NT29SE 8023.
Scrabster, 31st Oct. The BEE, (smack) of Wick, Sinclair, from this place to Macduff, with pavement, sunk in the harbour 29th Oct., and will become a wreck.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 14,225, London, Monday November 7 1859.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 9750).
(Classified as smack, with cargo of pavement: date of loss cited as 29 October 1859). Bee: this vessel sank in Scrabster harbour.
(Location of loss cited as N58 36.75 W3 32.75).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Scrabster harbour (ND17SW 5.00) is at ND 102 703.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 16 November 2006.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 5280
Name : BEE
Latitude : 583645
Longitude : 33245
Type : SMACK
Loss Day : 29
Loss Month : 10
Loss Year : 1859
Comment : Sunk in Scrabster Hbr
Cargo : PAVEMENT
