Pricing Change
New pricing for orders of material from this site will come into place shortly. Charges for supply of digital images, digitisation on demand, prints and licensing will be altered.
Upcoming Maintenance
Please be advised that this website will undergo scheduled maintenance on the following dates:
Thursday, 9 January: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Thursday, 23 January: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Thursday, 30 January: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
During these times, some functionality such as image purchasing may be temporarily unavailable. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Mary: Scourie, North Minch
Smack (19th Century)
Site Name Mary: Scourie, North Minch
Classification Smack (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Scourie Bay; 'near Wick'; Atlantic; Mary
Canmore ID 284957
Site Number NC14NW 8006
NGR NC 14 45
NGR Description NC c. 14 45
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/284957
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NC14NW 8006 c. 14 45
N58 21 W5 11
NLO: Scourie [name: NC 157 447]
Scourie Bay [name centred NC 145 454]
Wick [name: ND 361 508].
Possibly on map sheets NC14NE, or NC14SE.
Scourie, (near Wick), 10th Oct. The MARY (smack), of Inverness, McLeod, from Portsoy to Rispond and this place, with timber, dragged her anchor and went ashore here 3rd Oct.: cargo landed: crew saved.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 14,521, London, Thursday October 18 1860.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 9933).
(Classified as smack, with cargo of timber: date of loss cited as 3 October 1861). Mary: this vessel stranded at Scourie, Wick. Cargo saved.
Registration: Inverness. Built 1845. 18 tons burthern. Length: 9m. Beam: 4m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 26.00 W3 3.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this loss is essentially tentative. The cited location at 'Scourie, (near Wick)' is evidently accepted by Whittaker, but is highly misleading.
The date of loss that is cited in the primary account differs from that cited by Whittaker. The former is preferred.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 30 November 2006.
Loss (3 October 1860)
Scourie, (near Wick), 10th Oct. The MARY (smack), of Inverness, McLeod, from Portsoy to Rispond and this place, with timber, dragged her anchor and went ashore here 3rd Oct.: cargo landed: crew saved.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 14,521, London, Thursday October 18 1860.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 9933).
(Classified as smack, with cargo of timber: date of loss cited as 3 October 1861). Mary: this vessel stranded at Scourie, Wick. Cargo saved.
Registration: Inverness. Built 1845. 18 tons burthern. Length: 9m. Beam: 4m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 26.00 W3 3.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (30 November 2006)
The location assigned to this loss is essentially tentative. The cited location at 'Scourie, (near Wick)' is evidently accepted by Whittaker, but is highly misleading.
The date of loss that is cited in the primary account differs from that cited by Whittaker. The former is preferred.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 30 November 2006.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 5197
Name : MARY
Latitude : 582600
Longitude : 30300
Date Built : 1845
Registration : INVERNESS
Type : SMACK
Tonnage : 18
Tonnage Code : B
Length : 9
Beam : 4
Loss Day : 3
Loss Month : 10
Loss Year : 1861
Comment : Stranded at Scourie, Wick. Cargo saved
Cargo : TIMBER
