MHG47096 - Unknown: North Sea
Summary
No summary available.
Type and Period (2)
- WRECK (Undated)
- CRAFT (Unknown date)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
NMRS Report: (27/02/2007 12:46:11)
ND01NW 8007 unlocated
NLO: Helmsdale [name: ND 028 153].
Possibly on map sheet ND01SW.
23 January 1863, the fishing boat No. 1523, of Wick, having hauled her nets, was swamped and carried out to sea in her endeavour to return to Helmsdale. The crew of No. 1789 immediately proceeded to the rescue of the crew and succeeded in saving four of them, the other being unfortunately drowned. The master and crew of fishing boat 1789 of Wick were awarded £1 each.
Table 26: Sums paid out of the Mercantile Marine Fund towards Saving Life from Shipwreck. [Record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 2186).
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 16 March 2004.
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Map
No mapped location recorded.
Location
| Grid reference | Not recorded |
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| Map sheet | Not recorded |
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External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/255626 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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