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Briton: Dounreay, Pentland Firth
Ship (18th Century)
Site Name Briton: Dounreay, Pentland Firth
Classification Ship (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Briton
Canmore ID 288537
Site Number NC96NE 8013
NGR NC 98 67
NGR Description NC c. 98 67
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NC96NE 8013 c. 98 67
N58 35 W3 45
NLO: Lower Dounreay [name: NC 984 665]
Upper Dounreay [name: ND 006 658]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
(Classified as [full-rigged] ship, with cargo of timber: date of loss cited as 7 November 1780). Briton: this vessel was wrecked at Dounreay.
Registration: Scarborough. 450 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N58 35.0 W3 45.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 11 May 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 9942
Name : BRITON
Latitude : 583500
Longitude : 34500
Registration : SCARBOROUGH
Type : SHIP
Tonnage : 450
Loss Day : 7
Loss Month : 11
Loss Year : 1780
Comment : Wrecked at Dounreay
Cargo : TIMBER
