Helen: Balnakiel Bay, Atlantic
Barque (19th Century)
Site Name Helen: Balnakiel Bay, Atlantic
Classification Barque (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Cape Wrath; Durness; Pentland Firth; Helen
Canmore ID 284086
Site Number NC36NE 8004
NGR NC 38 69
NGR Description NC c. 38 69
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NC36NE 8004 c. 38 69
N58 35 W4 47
NLO: Balnakiel Bay [name centred NC 382 695]
Cape Wrath [name: NC 256 750]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81]
Kyle of Durness [name centred NC 37 65].
Possibly on map sheet NC37SE.
Loch Eribol, 1st May. The HELEN (barque), Ritchie, of & from Aberdeen, from Quebec, with coals, drifted ashore this morning in Balnakiel Bay, where she soon went to pieces: crew saved.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 13,757, London, Friday May 7 1858.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 9506).
(Classified as wooden barque: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 1 May 1858). Helen: this vessel stranded in Balnakeil Bay.
Registration: Aberdeen. Built 1848. 249grt. Length 33m. Beam 8m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 35.0 W4 46.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 31 October 2006.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 5164
Name : HELEN
Latitude : 583500
Longitude : 44600
Date Built : 1848
Registration : ABERDEEN
Type : BARQUE (WOOD)
Tonnage : 249
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 33
Beam : 8
Loss Day : 1
Loss Month : 5
Loss Year : 1858
Comment : Stranded Balnakeil Bay
