Victory (Possibly): Rattray Head, North Sea
Craft (Possible)
Site Name Victory (Possibly): Rattray Head, North Sea
Classification Craft (Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Rattray Head Lighthouse; Victory (Possibly); Unknown 1739
Canmore ID 101848
Site Number NK15NW 8002
NGR NK 1259 5863
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Maritime - Aberdeenshire
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NK15NW 8002 1259 5863
N57 37.0667 W1 47.35
NLO: Rattray Head [name: NK 110 578].
Formerly entered as NK15NW 8354.
See also NK15NW 8001 and NK15NE 8004.
Horizontal Datum = OGB
Surveying Details
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17 December 1930. An obstruction was reported 9.51760 metres from Rattray Head lighthouse. The position of 57 37 04N, 001 47 21W was given. (authority not stated)
A Notice to Mariners was issued stating ships should not to pass within 2 miles of Rattray Head owing to the presence of sunken vessels.
Hydrographic Office 1995.
Victory (possibly): pre-1930.
Date of loss cited as 2 September 1923.
(Location of loss cited as N57 37.07 W1 47.35).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record remains unverified. Rattray Head Lighthouse (NK15NW 2) is at NK 11064 57807.
The significance of the citation by Whittaker remains unclear. His information is presumably derived from a net snag.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 7 December 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 1238
Name : VICTORY (POSSIBLY)
Latitude : 573704
Longitude : 14721
Position : Position Approximate
Loss Day : 2
Loss Month : 9
Loss Year : 1923
Comment : Pre 1930
