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MHG47875 - Helen Maxwell: Dunnet Head, Pentland Firth

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NMRS Report: (24/04/2007 14:38:13)
ND27NW 8012 c. 203 768
N58 40.3 W3 22.5

NLO: Dunnet Head [name: ND 203 768]
Dunnet Bay [name centred ND 198 704]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].

Possibly on map sheet ND17NE.

Thurso, 7th Oct. `The HELEN MAXWELL, Shannon, of and from Dumfries to Wick, was driven on shore on Dunnet Heard [Head], 3d inst., and it is feared will be wrecked. Part of the materials saved.'
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 5951, London, Friday October 15 1824.
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 6373).

(Classified as sloop: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 3 October 1824). Helen Maxwell: this vessel stranded on Dunnet Head. Capt. Shannon.
Registration: Dumfries. Built 1819. 51 tons burthern. Length: 15m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 40.33 W3 22.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.

The classification cited by Whittaker remains unverified.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 20 December 2004.

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Grid reference	Centred ND 203 768 (20m by 20m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	ND27NW
Geographical Area	CAITHNESS

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