Maritime record MHG50600 - Unknown: Pentland Firth

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Location

Grid reference Not recorded
Map sheet Not recorded
Operational Area CAITHNESS SUTHERLAND AND EASTER ROSS

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Full Description

NMRS Report: (04/05/2007 11:36:56)
ND07SW 8009 unlocated

NLO: Thurso [name: ND 115 687]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].

(No classification or cargo specified: date of loss cited as 23 August 1940). Unknown: this vessel was on fire six miles West of Thurso. Crew landed in own boats.
(Location of loss cited as N58 38.0 W3 42.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.

The location, map sheet and quasi-administrative area assigned to this record are essentially tentative, being derived from the unverified location that is cited by Whittaker. It remains unclear whether or where the vessel subsequently stranded or foundered
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 4 May 2007.



Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Dataset: RCAHMS. 02/2008. Annual update from Canmore. Digital. 288380.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2009 3:19PM

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