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MHG50354 - Christine Marie: Scrabster, Thurso Bay, Pentland Firth

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NMRS Report: (20/02/2007 12:09:48)
ND17SW 8046 c. 10 70
N58 37 W3 33

NLO: Thurso [name: ND 115 687]
Scrabster [name: ND 102 702].
Thurso Bay [name centred ND 115 699]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].

Possibly on map sheet ND06NE or ND17NW.

Scrabster, 12th Nov. The CHRISTINE MARIE, Knudsen, from Dram, snapped her chains and drove on shore here: the deck load is being thrown off.
Source: LL, No. 14,856, London, Friday, November 15 1861.

Scrabster, 19th Nov. The CHRISTINE MARIE (Norw. ship), Knudsen, from Dram, which got ashore here 11th Nov., has been got off without damage, and is now discharging.
Source: LL, No. 14,862, London, Friday, November 22 1861.

NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 10152).

The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998), presumably on account of her successful recovery.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 20 February 2007.

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Grid reference	Centred ND 10 69 (20m by 20m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	ND16NW

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