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Inverness-shire: Thurso, Pentland Firth
Schooner (19th Century)
Site Name Inverness-shire: Thurso, Pentland Firth
Classification Schooner (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Thurso Bay; North Sea; Inverness-shire
Canmore ID 288469
Site Number ND16NW 8070
NGR ND 11 68
NGR Description ND c. 11 68
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND16NW 8070 c. 11 68
N58 35 W3 32
NLO: Thurso [name: ND 115 685]
Thurso Bay [name centred ND 117 699]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
Possibly on map sheet ND17SW.
(Classified as schooner: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 7 March 1878). Inverness-shire: this vessel stranded at Thurso. Capt. Fraser. Must discahrge: all gone?
Registration: Inverness.
(Location of loss cited as N58 36.0 W3 31.5).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 9 May 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 12510
Name : INVERNESS-SHIRE
Latitude : 583600
Longitude : 33130
Registration : INVERNESS
Type : SCHOONER
Loss Day : 7
Loss Month : 3
Loss Year : 1878
Comment : Stranded at Thurso. Capt. Fraser. Must discharge, AG?
