Maritime record MHG34180 - SILANION: DUNCANSBY HEAD, PENTLAND FIRTH
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred ND 3999 7300 (80m by 80m) (Buffered by site type) |
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| Map sheet | ND37SE |
| Civil Parish | CANISBAY |
| Geographical Area | CAITHNESS |
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Created automatically by NMRS Register Utility
User: Admin, Date: Wed 13 Oct 2004
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ND47SW 8008 c. 40 73
N58 38 W3 2
Formerly recorded as ND28NE 8001 at cited location ND 2531 8825 [N 58 46.5 W3 17.5].
Not to be confused with ND28NE 8005.
NLO: Ness of Duncansby [name: ND 389 738]
Duncansby Head [name: ND 405 733].
Possibly on map sheet ND37SE.
Horizontal Datum = UND
Surveying Details
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The position for the wreck of the SILANION was given as 58 46 30N, 003 17 30W.
Report by Royal Naval Shore Signal Station.
Hydrographic Office, 1995.
Whittaker places this stranding about 1.25 miles (2 km) W of Duncansby Head, which would place it at ND c. 38 73, near Ness of Duncansby [name: ND 389 738].
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 12 September 2002.
I G Whittaker 1998.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
