MHG47908 - Venus: Pentland Firth
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Type and Period (2)
- WRECK (Undated)
- LUGGER (Unknown date)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
NMRS Report: (08/05/2007 16:48:04)
ND17SW 8035 unlocated
NLO: Thurso [name: ND 115 687]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
The VENUS, Gaskin, from Narva to Liverpool, was totally lost, 21st ult., near Thurso, in Scotland.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 4211, London, Friday December 11 1801.
NMRS, MS/829/70 (no. 5457).
(No classification or cargo specified: date of loss cited as 21 November 1801). Venus: this vessel was lost near Thurso. Capt. Gaskin.
(Location of loss cited as N58 36 W3 32).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 1 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/270363 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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