Elizabeth: Wick Harbour, North Sea
Sloop (19th Century)
Site Name Elizabeth: Wick Harbour, North Sea
Classification Sloop (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Wick Bay; Pulteneytown Harbour
Canmore ID 221297
Site Number ND35SE 8015
NGR ND 368 509
NGR Description ND c. 368 509
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND35SE 8015 c. 368 509
N58 26.5 W3 5
NLO: Wick Bay [name centred ND 376 506]
Wick [name: ND 362 508].
(Classified as sloop: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 27 December 1823). Elizabeth: this vessel was wrecked at Wick Harbour. Capt. Sharp.
Registration: Rothesay. Built 1805. 86 tons burthern. Length: 18m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 26.42 W3 5.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. Wick or Pulteneytown Harbour (ND35SE 66.00) is centred at ND 36820 50670.
The remains of this vessel were presumably removed without delay from this constrained location.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 11 September 2002.
Loss (27 December 1823)
(Classified as sloop: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 27 December 1823). Elizabeth: this vessel was wrecked at Wick Harbour. Capt. Sharp.
Registration: Rothesay. Built 1805. 86 tons burthern. Length: 18m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 26.42 W3 5.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (11 September 2002)
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. Wick or Pulteneytown Harbour (ND35SE 66.00) is centred at ND 36820 50670.
The remains of this vessel were presumably removed without delay from this constrained location.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 11 September 2002.