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MHG38323 - WILLIAMINA: BRUAN, NORTH SEA

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ND33NW 8001 c. 31 39
N58 20 W3 11

NLO: Bruan [name: ND 311 397]
Clyth Mains [name: ND 280 362].

Possibly on map sheet ND34SW.

Formerly entered as Unlocated.

8 August 1883, WILLIAMINA, 3 yrs old, not registered, wooden lug, 18 tons, 6 crew, Master and Owner J. McKay, Lybster, departed Wick for fishing, in ballast, 6 lives lost, wind SSE9, foundered, total loss, about 1 mile N.E. of Bruan Head, Caithness.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK 1883-84 (1884-85 [C.4493] LXX.421).
NMRS, MS/829/69 (no. 3399).

(Classified as wooden lugger, in ballast: date of loss cited as 8 August 1883). Williamina: this vessel foundered 1 mile NE of Bruan Head, Caithness. Capt. McKay.
Not registered. Built 1880. 18 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N58 20.67 W3 8.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.

The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. Neither Clyth Ness nor Bruan Head is noted on the 1999 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map. Bruan lies inland, around ND 313 395, while Clythness (Ousbacky) Lighthouse (ND23NE 29) is at ND 29072 36294.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 27 September 2002.

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Grid reference	Centred ND 3099 3900 (20m by 20m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	ND33NW

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