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MHG50608 - Jessie: Scrabster Harbour, Thurso Bay, Pentland Firth

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NMRS Report: (08/05/2007 17:18:22)
ND17SW 8048 c. 101 702
N58 37 W3 32

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 ND16NW.

Not to be confused with ND17SW 8058.

(Classified as wooden lugsail [lugger]: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 16 February 1900). Jessie: this vessel was driven from moorings, and stranded at Scrabster harbour.
Not registered. Built 1882. 6 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N58 36.75 W3 32.75).
I G Whittaker 1998.

The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. It remains unclear whether the vessel was moored within the harbour or out in Scrabster Roads; the latter appears more likely. Scrabster harbour (ND17SW 5) is at ND 102 703.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 7 May 2007.

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Grid reference	Centred ND 101 701 (20m by 20m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	ND17SW

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