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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 760283
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/760283
ND39SW 8010 3184 9404
N58 49.7333 W3 10.8333
NLO: Lyness [name centred ND 307 948]
Ore Bay [name centred ND 312 942]
Stromness [name: HY 253 090]
Scapa Flow [name centred HY 36 00].
Formerly entered as Service Craft; Tender/ Steam Pinnace.
Classified as 'steam pinnacle' [sic].
G Ridley 1992.
Horizontal Datum = OGB
Surveying Details
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18 July 1982. J S Besant, 75 Bungalow, Lyness, Orkney Isles, wishes to purchase a 48-52ft steam pinnace. He has dived the wreck, but there is fairly heavy marine growth. Deterioration of the remains precluded identification, except for the Government arrow on the bell.
Hydrographic Office, 1995.
(Location cited as N58 49.73 W3 10.6). Unknown: unspecified foul. [No authority cited].
I G Whittaker 1998.
Although formerly classified as a Tender, the function and purpose of this vessel remain unclear.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 7 February 2007.
