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Christine Marie: Scrabster, Thurso Bay, Pentland Firth
Ship (19th Century)
Site Name Christine Marie: Scrabster, Thurso Bay, Pentland Firth
Classification Ship (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) North Sea
Canmore ID 286539
Site Number ND17SW 8046
NGR ND 10 70
NGR Description ND c. 10 70
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/286539
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND17SW 8046 c. 10 70
N58 37 W3 33
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 or ND17NW.
Scrabster, 12th Nov. The CHRISTINE MARIE, Knudsen, from Dram, snapped her chains and drove on shore here: the deck load is being thrown off.
Source: LL, No. 14,856, London, Friday, November 15 1861.
Scrabster, 19th Nov. The CHRISTINE MARIE (Norw. ship), Knudsen, from Dram, which got ashore here 11th Nov., has been got off without damage, and is now discharging.
Source: LL, No. 14,862, London, Friday, November 22 1861.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 10152).
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998), presumably on account of her successful recovery.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 20 February 2007.
Evidence Of Loss (12 November 1861)
Scrabster, 12th Nov. The CHRISTINE MARIE, Knudsen, from Dram, snapped her chains and drove on shore here: the deck load is being thrown off.
Source: LL, No. 14,856, London, Friday, November 15 1861.
Scrabster, 19th Nov. The CHRISTINE MARIE (Norw. ship), Knudsen, from Dram, which got ashore here 11th Nov., has been got off without damage, and is now discharging.
Source: LL, No. 14,862, London, Friday, November 22 1861.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 10152).
Note (20 February 2007)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998), presumably on account of her successful recovery.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 20 February 2007.
