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Bessie: Dunnet Bay, Pentland Firth
Schooner (19th Century)
Site Name Bessie: Dunnet Bay, Pentland Firth
Classification Schooner (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'On The West Side Of Dunnet Bay'; North Sea; Bessie
Canmore ID 288482
Site Number ND16NE 8022
NGR ND 18 69
NGR Description ND c. 18 69
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND16NE 8022 c. 18 69
N58 36 W3 25
NLO: Dunnet Bay [name centred ND 198 704]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
Possibly on map sheet ND17SE.
(Classified as schooner: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 10 April 1863). Bessie: this vessel stranded on the West side of Dunnet Bay. Capt. Barneson. Registration: Greenock.
(Location of loss cited as N58 36.0 W3 25.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 9 May 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 11345
Name : BESSIE
Latitude : 583600
Longitude : 32500
Registration : GREENOCK
Type : SCHOONER
Loss Day : 10
Loss Month : 4
Loss Year : 1863
Comment : Stranded on the west side of Dunnet Bay. Capt. Barneson
