MHG50610 - James And Margaret: New Quay, Scrabster Harbour, Thurso Bay, Pentland Firth

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Type and Period (2)

  • WRECK (Undated)
  • SCHOONER (Unknown date)

Protected Status

  • None recorded

Full Description

NMRS Report: (08/05/2007 17:18:51)
ND17SW 8050 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.

(Classified as schooner, with cargo of pavement: date of loss cited as 26 February 1874). James & Margaret: this vessel was wrecked at the New Quay, Scrabster [harbour]. Capt. Jack.
Registration: Wick. Built 1857. 65nrt.
(Location of loss cited as N58 36.75 W3 32.75).
I G Whittaker 1998.

The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. That of the New Quay at Scrabster cannot be ascertained from the available map evidence. It presumably formed or forms part of Scrabster harbour (ND17SW 5), which is at ND 102 703.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 7 May 2007.



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Location

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

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