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Dolphin: Atlantic
Lugger (20th Century)
Site Name Dolphin: Atlantic
Classification Lugger (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Wk 164; 'off Durness'; Pentland Firth; Dolphin (Wk 164)
Canmore ID 294979
Site Number NC46NW 8001
NGR NC 41 69
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/294979
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NC46NW 8001 unlocated
NLO: Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81]
Kyle of Durness [name centred NC 37 65].
(Classified as Lugsail [lugger]: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as WK 164, and date of loss cited as 23 January 1923). Dolphin: this vessel was lost off Durness. Capt. MackIntosh.
Registration: Wick. Built 1920. 2grt. Length: 6m. Beam: 2m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 35.0 W4 44.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
The vessel presumably foundered, rather than stranded.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 25 June 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 16237
Name : DOLPHIN (WK 164)
Latitude : 583500
Longitude : 44400
Date Built : 1920
Registration : WICK
Type : LUGSAIL
Tonnage : 2
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 6
Beam : 2
Loss Day : 23
Loss Month : 1
Loss Year : 1923
Comment : Lost off Durness. Capt. MackIntosh
