MHG48693 - Garibaldi: Wick Bay, North Sea

Summary

No summary available.

Type and Period (2)

  • WRECK (Undated)
  • SLOOP (Unknown date)

Protected Status

  • None recorded

Full Description

NMRS Report: (04/07/2007 10:38:45)
ND35SE 8101 c. 376 506
N58 26.4 W3 4.1

NLO: Wick Bay [name centred ND 376 506]
Wick [name: ND 362 508]
Sumburgh Head [name: HU 407 078].

Wick, 21st Apl. The GARIBALDI (smack), with coals, is ashore in this bay, likely to be a total wreck: crew saved by shore boat.
Source: LL, No. 16,855, London, Wednesday, April 22 1868.

Wick, 21st Apl. The GARIBALDI, Balfour, from Charlestown to Tromsoe [Tromso], ashore in this bay, has gone to pieces.
Source: LL, No. 16,856, London, Thursday, April 23 1868.

NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 11430).

(Classified as sloop, with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 20 April 1868). Garibaldi: this vessel was wrecked in Wick Bay after being disabled off Sumburgh Head [Shetland: HU 407 078]. Capt. Balfour.
Registration: North Shields. 36 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N58 26.33 W3 4.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.

The location assigned to this record is tentative.
The sequence of events cited by Whittaker remains unverified.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 18 August 2005.



Sources/Archives (1)

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred ND 376 506 (20m by 20m) (2 map features)
Map sheet ND35SE

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Investigations/Events (0)

External Links (1)

Comments and Feedback

Do you have any more information about this record? Please feel free to comment with information and photographs, or ask any questions, using the "Disqus" tool below. Comments are moderated, and we aim to respond/publish as soon as possible.