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Fly: Scrabster, Thurso Bay, Pentland Firth
Craft (19th Century)
Site Name Fly: Scrabster, Thurso Bay, Pentland Firth
Classification Craft (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Scrabster Harbour; North Sea; Fly
Canmore ID 284427
Site Number ND17SW 8041
NGR ND 10 70
NGR Description ND c. 10 70
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND17SW 8041 c. 10 70
N58 37 W3 33
NLO: Thurso [name: ND 115 687]
Scrabster [name: ND 102 702].
Thurso Bay [name centred ND 115 699]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
Possibly on map sheet or ND17NW.
Scrabster, 22nd Jan. The FLY, of Wick, Johnston, from Loch Erribol to Thurso, in ballast, drove from her anchorage here yesterday, struck the ground, bilged, and sank.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 13,983, London, Thursday January 27 1859.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 9620).
(No classification specified: cargo cited as ballast, and date of loss cited as 21 January 1859). Fly: this vessel grounded, bilged and sank in Scrabster harbour. Registration: Wick.
(Location of loss cited as N58 36.67 W3 32.75).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. The suggestion by Whittaker that this vessel sank in Scrabster harbour remains unverified.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 14 November 2006.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 5228
Name : FLY
Latitude : 583640
Longitude : 33245
Registration : WICK
Loss Day : 21
Loss Month : 1
Loss Year : 1859
Comment : Grounded, bilged and sank in Scrabster Harbour.
Cargo : BALLAST
