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MHG46412 - Familien: Wick Harbour Entrance, North Sea

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NMRS Report: (19/07/2006 10:20:03)
ND35SE 8057 c. 368 509
N58 26.5 W3 5

NLO: Wick Bay [name centred ND 376 506]
Wick [name: ND 362 508].

11 October 1847. FAMITIEN. Stranded at Wick.
Source: PP Return from Lloyd's books of Collisions, Accidents and Wrecks of Vessels 1847-50 (1851 (688) LII.1).
NMRS, MS/829/67 (no. 68).

Wick, 6th Oct. The FAMILIEN, Gron, of Kragow, in taking the harbour last night, was stranded behind the North Quay, and lies in a perilous situation, as it is blowing a gale.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 10,473, London, Monday October 11 1847.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 8223).

(Classified as schooner, with cargo of billet wood: date of loss cited as 5 October 1847). Familien: this vessel stranded behind the North Quay, Wick. Capt. Grun. Registration: Kragow [Cracow].
(Location of loss cited as N58 26.33 W3 5.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.

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Grid reference	Centred ND 367 509 (20m by 20m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	ND35SE
Geographical Area	CAITHNESS

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