Zitella: Long Haven Bay, Buchan Ness, North Sea
Craft (20th Century), Steamship (20th Century)
Site Name Zitella: Long Haven Bay, Buchan Ness, North Sea
Classification Craft (20th Century), Steamship (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Longhaven; Boddham Bay; Kinnaird Rock, Boddam Bay; Zitella
Canmore ID 101744
Site Number NK14SW 8004
NGR NK 12299 40329
NGR Description NK c. 124 412
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/101744
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Maritime - Aberdeenshire
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NK14SW 8004 1229 4033
N57 27.2 W1 47.7
NLO: Long Haven [name: NK 122 402]
Buchan Ness [name: NK 127 432]
Boddam [name: NK 137 424].
Formerly also entered as NK14SW 8002 and NK14SW 8250 at cited location NK 1210 4040 [N 57 27.2376 W 1 47.8998] and NK 1229 4033 [N57 27.2 W1 47.7]. Formerly also entered as Wreck.
Steamer ZITELLA, 4254 ton gross, of London. Master, Wilfred Martinson. Bound from Narvik, Norway to Middlesbrough. Lost 6 Feb 1940, 9pm. Longhaven, 2 miles south west of Buchan Ness Lighthouse. Fog signal sounding. Wind south east strong to fresh. Heavy ground swell. Fog. Cause of wreck, dense fog. Crew 33, all saved. Cargo iron ore.
[Contemporary] source: Lightkeeper, Buchan Ness Lighthouse.
Quality of fix = PA
Horizontal Datum = OGB
Surveying Details
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2 August 1940. The ZITELLA was stranded 1.5 miles south of Buchan Ness in Long Haven Bay. The vessel lies broadside onto the beach, and is no danger to navigation.
Report by Commander in Chief, Rosyth, 13 March 1940.
Hydrographic Office 1995.
(Classified as Steamship, with cargo of iron ore: date of loss cited as 7 February 1940). Zitella: this vessel stranded on Kinnaird Rock, Boddam Bay.
Registration: London. Built 1929. 4254grt. Length: 113m. Beam: 16m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 27.70 W1 47.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker. Neither Kinnaird Rock nor Boddam Bay is noted as such on the 1995 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map.
Buchan Ness Lighthouse, Boddam (NK14SW 73.00) is at NK 13624 42263.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 21 January 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 873
Name : ZITELLA
Latitude : 572742
Longitude : 14730
Date Built : 1929
Registration : LONDON
Type : SS
Tonnage : 4254
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 113
Beam : 16
Draught : 8m
Loss Day : 7
Loss Month : 2
Loss Year : 1940
Comment : Stranded on Kinnaird Rock, Boddam Bay
Cargo : IRON ORE
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 002267
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Wreck showing any portion of hull or superstructure
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 57.45333,-1.79500
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 57.45310,-1.79670
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Previous Position : 57.46167,-1.79167
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 10
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : ZITELLA
Type : SS
Flag : BRITISH
Length : 113.0
Beam : 15.6
Draught : 7.6
Tonnage : 4254
Tonnage Type : Gross
Cargo : IRON ORE
Date Sunk : 07/02/1940
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Original Detection Year : 1940
Original Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **VESSEL, BUILT 1929 BY BURNTISLAND SB CO LTD. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY 'Z' SS CO LTD. TWO BOILERS, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 35NHP, SINGLE SHAFT. ON PASSAGE FROM NARVIK FOR MIDDLESBROUGH. CARGO IRON ORE. STRANDED.
Surveying Details : **H0251/40 2.8.40 STRANDED 1.5M S OF BUCHAN NESS IN LONG HAVEN BAY. LIES BROADSIDE ON TO BEACH. NO DANGER TO NAVIGATION. (C IN C ROSYTH, DTD 13.3.40). NCA, POSN 572712N, 014742W FOR FILING ONLY.
POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE
Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY
Date Last Amended : 02/12/2002
Date Position Last Amended : 27/08/1985
