Ocean: Thurso Bay, Pentland Firth

ND16NW 8045 c. 11 69

N58 36 W3 32

NLO: Dunnet Head [name: ND 203 768]

Thurso [name: ND 115 687]

Thurso Bay [name centred ND 115 699]

Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].

Formerly also entered as ND16NW 8003.

Possibly on map sheet ND17SW.

See also ND16NW 8043 and ND16NW 8044.

Thurso, 11th Oct. 'The PLOUGH, from Bangor to Newcastle, is on shore to the Westward a wreck. The crew, except one, saved. The ISABELLA, of Belfast, for Dublin, is on shore near the former, and is also a wreck. The crew, and from 15 to 20 barrels of herrings saved. The OCEAN, from Quebec to Newcastle, is at anchor off Dunnet, water-logged and deserted by the crew.'

Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 7099, London, Friday October 16 1835

Thurso, 14th Oct. 'The ISABELLA, of Belfast: the PLOUGH, from Bangor, and the OCEAN from Quebec to Newcastle, are total wrecks: the hull of the former, and 19 barrels of herrings, saved, have been sold. The PLOUGH and cargo will be sold tomorrow: and the OCEAN is in a very bad state, and much exposed to the weather and rocks: the vessel is all in pieces.'

Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 7100, London, Tuesday October 20 1835.

NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 7100).

(No classification or cargo specified: date of loss cited as 11 October 1835). Ocean: this vessel was wrecked in Thurso Bay.

Registration: Newcastle. Built 1814. 344 nrt.

(Location of loss cited as N58 36.5 W3 31.5).

I G Whittaker 1998.

The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.

The location of loss cited by Whittaker remains unverified, but is accepted.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 21 June 2005.