Bellona Ii: Strathlethan Bay, North Sea
Steamship (20th Century)
Site Name Bellona Ii: Strathlethan Bay, North Sea
Classification Steamship (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Four Miles East Of Gourdon'; Strathleven Bay; Stonehaven; Bellona Ii
Canmore ID 313094
Site Number NO88SE 8016
NGR NO 881 848
NGR Description NO c. 881 848
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Maritime - Aberdeenshire
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
Named Location (Nlo) (26 September 2011)
NLO: Strathlethan Bay [name centred NO 881 848]
Stonehaven [name: NO 878 855]
Gourdon [name: NO 826 708].
Not to be confused with NO97SW 8006.
Possibly on map sheet NO88NE.
See also NO87NE 8001.
Loss (26 September 2011)
(Classified as steel steamship, with cargo of ice: date of loss cited as 8 October 1940). Bellona II: [this vessel was] bombed by aircraft 4 miles East of Gourdon, and came ashore at [in] Strathlethan Bay.
Registration: Odense [Denmark]. Built 1923. 839grt. Length: 70m. Beam: 10m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 57.25 W2 11.67).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (26 September 2011)
(Location entered as NO c. 881 848 [N56 57.3 W2 11.7]). The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. The loss of this vessel may have occurred within the area of map sheet NO88NE.
Strathlethan or Strathleven Bay is a pronounced indentation to the South of Stonehaven. It is fringed by extensive rock exposures.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 26 September 2011.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 461
Name : BELLONA II
Latitude : 565715
Longitude : 21140
Date Built : 1923
Registration : ODENSE
Type : SS (STEEL)
Tonnage : 839
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 70
Beam : 10
Draught : 4m
Position : Position Approximate
Loss Day : 8
Loss Month : 10
Loss Year : 1940
Comment : Bombed by A/C 4 miles E of Gourdon and came ashore at Strathlethan Bay.
Cargo : ICE
