Dee: Staxigoe, North Sea
Sloop (19th Century)
Site Name Dee: Staxigoe, North Sea
Classification Sloop (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Staxigo
Canmore ID 284641
Site Number ND35SE 8116
NGR ND 38 52
NGR Description ND c. 38 52
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND35SE 8116 c. 38 52
N58 27 W3 4
NLO: Staxigoe [name: ND 384 525]
Wick [name: ND 361 508]
Wick Bay [name centred ND 376 506].
Wick, 18th Aug. The DEE (sloop), of Ramsay, with herrings, had to be scuttled at Staxigo [Staxigoe] to save her.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 14,471, London, Tuesday August 21 1860.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 9857).
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998), possibly suggesting her successful recovery.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 3 November 2006.
