MHG50650 - Bessie: Dunnet Bay, Pentland Firth

Summary

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Type and Period (2)

  • WRECK (Undated)
  • SCHOONER (Unknown date)

Protected Status

  • None recorded

Full Description

NMRS Report: (09/05/2007 10:58:20)
ND16NE 8022 c. 18 69
N58 36 W3 25

NLO: Dunnet Bay [name centred ND 198 704]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].

Possibly on map sheet ND17SE.

(Classified as schooner: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 10 April 1863). Bessie: this vessel stranded on the West side of Dunnet Bay. Capt. Barneson. Registration: Greenock.
(Location of loss cited as N58 36.0 W3 25.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.

The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 9 May 2007.



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Map

Location

Grid reference Centred ND 18 69 (20m by 20m) (2 map features)
Map sheet ND16NE
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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