Good Intent: Dunnet Sands, Dunnet Bay, Pentland Firth
Schooner (19th Century)
Site Name Good Intent: Dunnet Sands, Dunnet Bay, Pentland Firth
Classification Schooner (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Dunnet Sand; Dunnet Sands; Thurso; North Sea; Good Intent
Canmore ID 285267
Site Number ND26NW 8018
NGR ND 21 69
NGR Description ND c. 21 69
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND26NW 8018 c. 21 69
N58 36 W3 22
NLO: Dunnet Bay [name centred ND 198 704]
Thurso [name: ND 115 687]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
See also ND26NW 8017.
Formerly input as ND16NE 8016 at cited location ND c. 19 68 [N58 36 W3 24].
Possibly on map sheet ND27SW.
Thurso, 10th June. The BURGH CASTLE (sch.), of Lynn, Preston, from Banff, in ballast, parted her anchors this morning off Castlehill harbour and was driven on the Dunnet sand: she is likely to be got off again. The GOOD INTENT (sloop), of Kirkwall, Rendall, went ashore at the same time and place as the above vessel, but is likely to become a total wreck.
Source: LL, No. 16,587, London, Wednesday, June 12 1867
Scrabster, 22nd June. The BURGH CASTLE (schr.), of Lynn, Preston, from Banff, in ballast: which was driven ashore on the Dunnet sand 10th June, and the GOOD INTENT (sloop), of Kirkwall, Rendall, which also went ashore there at the same time, have been sold by auction.
Source: LL, No. 16,598, London, Tuesday, June 25 1867.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 11256).
(Classified as wooden sloop, in ballast: date of loss cited as 10 June 1867). Good Intent: this vessel stranded at Burn of Garth, Dunnet Bay. Capt. Rendall.
Registration: Kirkwall. Built 1801. 40grt. Length: 16m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 35.75 W3 22.33).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Neither the Burn of Garth nor the Dunnet Sand or Sands is noted as such on the 1999 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map; the latter name presumably applies to the extensive area of sands that is depicted around the SE end of Dunnet Bay.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 14 December 2006.
Loss (10 June 1867)
Thurso, 10th June. The BURGH CASTLE (sch.), of Lynn, Preston, from Banff, in ballast, parted her anchors this morning off Castlehill harbour and was driven on the Dunnet sand: she is likely to be got off again. The GOOD INTENT (sloop), of Kirkwall, Rendall, went ashore at the same time and place as the above vessel, but is likely to become a total wreck.
Source: LL, No. 16,587, London, Wednesday, June 12 1867
Scrabster, 22nd June. The BURGH CASTLE (schr.), of Lynn, Preston, from Banff, in ballast: which was driven ashore on the Dunnet sand 10th June, and the GOOD INTENT (sloop), of Kirkwall, Rendall, which also went ashore there at the same time, have been sold by auction.
Source: LL, No. 16,598, London, Tuesday, June 25 1867.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 11256).
(Classified as wooden sloop, in ballast: date of loss cited as 10 June 1867). Good Intent: this vessel stranded at Burn of Garth, Dunnet Bay. Capt. Rendall.
Registration: Kirkwall. Built 1801. 40grt. Length: 16m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 35.75 W3 22.33).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (14 December 2006)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Neither the Burn of Garth nor the Dunnet Sand or Sands is noted as such on the 1999 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map; the latter name presumably applies to the extensive area of sands that is depicted around the SE end of Dunnet Bay.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 14 December 2006.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 11111
Name : GOOD INTENT
Latitude : 583545
Longitude : 32220
Date Built : 1801
Registration : KIRKWALL
Type : SLOOP (WOOD)
Tonnage : 40
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 16
Beam : 5
Loss Day : 10
Loss Month : 6
Loss Year : 1867
Comment : Stranded at Burn of Garth, Dunnet Bay. Capt Rendall
Cargo : BALLAST
