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Fernside: Burnside, Thurso Bay, Pentland Firth
Steamship (20th Century)
Site Name Fernside: Burnside, Thurso Bay, Pentland Firth
Classification Steamship (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Thurso River; Scrabster Roads; North Sea; Fernside
Canmore ID 288464
Site Number ND16NW 8067
NGR ND 10 69
NGR Description ND c. 10 69
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND16NW 8067 c. 10 69
N58 36 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 ND17SW.
(Classified as steamship, with cargo of manure: date of loss cited as 11 April 1932). Fernside: this vessel stranded from anchor at Burnside. All gone, but constructive total loss, and broken up at Granton.
Registration: Newcastle. Built 1919. 490grt.
(Location of loss cited as N58 36.0 W3 32.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. The name Burnside apparently denotes the area around Scrabster Castle [ND16NW 3: ND 1068 6915].
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 8 May 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 12711
Name : FERNSIDE
Latitude : 583600
Longitude : 33200
Date Built : 1919
Registration : NEWCASTLE
Type : SS
Tonnage : 490
Tonnage Code : G
Loss Day : 11
Loss Month : 4
Loss Year : 1932
Comment : Stranded from anchor at Burnside. AG but CTL and BU at Granton.
Cargo : MANURE
