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Catherine: Scrabster Roads, Thurso Bay, Pentland Firth
Smack (19th Century)
Site Name Catherine: Scrabster Roads, Thurso Bay, Pentland Firth
Classification Smack (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Scrabster Roadstead; North Sea; Catherine
Canmore ID 285592
Site Number ND17SW 8045
NGR ND 11 70
NGR Description ND c. 11 70
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND17SW 8045 c. 11 70
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 ND16NE 8014.
Tongue, near Wick, 16th Jan. The CATHERINE (smack), of Wick, Munro, hence to Thurso, with wood, &c., parted her anchors in Scrabster Roads, and was totally wrecked, 19th Dec.: crew saved.
Source: LL, No. 15,226, London, Saturday, January 24 1863.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 10344).
(Classified as smack, with cargo of wood: date of loss as 19 December 1862). Catherine: this vessel was wrecked in Scrabster Roads. Capt. Munro.
Registration: Wick.
(Location of loss cited as N58 36.75 W3 33.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 5 January 2007.
Loss (19 December 1862)
Tongue, near Wick, 16th Jan. The CATHERINE (smack), of Wick, Munro, hence to Thurso, with wood, &c., parted her anchors in Scrabster Roads, and was totally wrecked, 19th Dec.: crew saved.
Source: LL, No. 15,226, London, Saturday, January 24 1863.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 10344).
(Classified as smack, with cargo of wood: date of loss as 19 December 1862). Catherine: this vessel was wrecked in Scrabster Roads. Capt. Munro.
Registration: Wick.
(Location of loss cited as N58 36.75 W3 33.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (5 January 2007)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 5 January 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 11316
Name : CATHERINE
Latitude : 583645
Longitude : 33300
Registration : WICK
Type : SMACK
Loss Day : 19
Loss Month : 12
Loss Year : 1862
Comment : Wrecked in Scrabster Roads. Capt. Munro
Cargo : WOOD
