MHG54799 - Unknown: North Sea

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Type and Period (1)

  • WRECK (19th Century - 1801 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status

  • None recorded

Full Description

RCAHMS Canmore description:
ND23SW 8016 c. 24 34
N58 17 W3 18
NLO: Lybster [name: ND 248 355]
Lybster Bay [name centred ND 248 345]
Wick [name: ND 362 508].
Possibly on map sheets ND23NE, ND23SE or ND34SW.
(Classified as Fishing Boat: date of loss cited as 21 November 1847). Unknown: this vessel was wrecked at Lybster (or swamped off Wick). 8 lost.
Registration: Lybster.
(Location of loss cited as N58 17.75 W3 17.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker. It also remains unclear whether the vessel stranded or foundered.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 30 December 2010. <1>

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Map

Location

Grid reference ND 2399 3399 (point) Approximate. Point generated from 2011 NMRS download data
Map sheet ND23SW
Geographical Area MARITIME

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