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Dunrobin: River Thurso, Thurso Bay, Pentland Firth
Craft (19th Century)
Site Name Dunrobin: River Thurso, Thurso Bay, Pentland Firth
Classification Craft (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Thurso River; 'on The East Side Of The River'; 'near Thurso'; North Sea; Dunrobin
Canmore ID 285590
Site Number ND16NW 8059
NGR ND 122 688
NGR Description ND c. 122 688
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/285590
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND16NW 8059 c. 122 688
N58 36.9 W3 30.7
NLO: Thurso [name: ND 115 687]
Thurso Bay [name centred ND 115 699]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
Thurso, 25th Dec. The DUNROBIN, of Wick, Murray, had her stern stove, and bow-sprit, sails, &c., carried away here in the hurricane of the 19th, by the BETSY DAVIDSON, of Wick, which carried away her moorings: the DUNROBIN afterwards broke from her moorings, and drove up on the East side of the river. [Record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 10323).
(No classification or cargo specified: date of loss cited as 19 December 1862). Dunrobin: this vessel stranded, high and dry, near Thurso. Capt. Murray. Probably all gone?
(Location of loss cited as N58 36.5 W3 30.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
A location at ND c. 122 688 may be suggested for this stranding. The River Thurso (Thurso River) enters the SE corner of Thurso Bay through a well-defined mouth.
The location of loss cited by Whittaker remains unverified.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 5 January 2007.
Loss (19 December 1862)
Thurso, 25th Dec. The DUNROBIN, of Wick, Murray, had her stern stove, and bow-sprit, sails, &c., carried away here in the hurricane of the 19th, by the BETSY DAVIDSON, of Wick, which carried away her moorings: the DUNROBIN afterwards broke from her moorings, and drove up on the East side of the river. [Record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 10323).
(No classification or cargo specified: date of loss cited as 19 December 1862). Dunrobin: this vessel stranded, high and dry, near Thurso. Capt. Murray. Probably all gone?
(Location of loss cited as N58 36.5 W3 30.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (5 January 2007)
A location at ND c. 122 688 may be suggested for this stranding. The River Thurso (Thurso River) enters the SE corner of Thurso Bay through a well-defined mouth.
The location of loss cited by Whittaker remains unverified.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 5 January 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 10943
Name : DUNROBIN
Latitude : 583630
Longitude : 33000
Loss Day : 19
Loss Month : 12
Loss Year : 1862
Comment : Stranded, high and dry, near Thurso. Capt. Murray. Probably AG?
