MHG46694 - Unknown: Wick Harbour, North Sea

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Type and Period (2)

  • WRECK (Undated)
  • CRAFT (Unknown date)

Protected Status

  • None recorded

Full Description

NMRS Report: (29/12/2004)
ND35SE 8066 c. 368 509
N58 26.5 W3 5

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

3rd August 1876, UNKNOWN, boat struck South side of South Pier, Wick, whilst several boats were coming into the harbour. John Douglas, fisherman, lost his life.
Source: PP Report and Evidence of Inquiry into Loss of Life from Shipwreck at [record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1865).

The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 15 December 2003.



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Location

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

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