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Glenurquhart: North Sea
Steam Drifter (20th Century)
Site Name Glenurquhart: North Sea
Classification Steam Drifter (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) '50 Miles Off Wick'; Glenurquhart
Canmore ID 288620
Site Number NE25NE 8003
NGR NE 29 56
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/288620
- Council Maritime
- Parish Maritime - Offshore
- Former Region Not Applicable
- Former District Not Applicable
- Former County Not Applicable
NE25NE 8003 unlocated
NLO: Wick [name: ND 362 508].
(Classified as steam drifter: date of loss cited as 6 July 1932). Glenurquhart: this vessel was in collision and sank 50 miles off Wick (Unison).
Registration: Lossiemouth. Built 1908. 76grt.
(Location of loss cited as N58 30.00 W1 30.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location that is cited by Whittaker.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 15 May 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 9207
Name : GLENURQUHART
Latitude : 583000
Longitude : 13000
Date Built : 1908
Registration : LOSSIEMOUTH
Type : STEAM DRIFTER
Tonnage : 76
Tonnage Code : G
Loss Day : 6
Loss Month : 7
Loss Year : 1932
Comment : Collision and sunk 50 miles off Wick. (UNISON)
