Langenes: Thurso Bay, Pentland Firth
Fishing Vessel (20th Century), Schooner (20th Century)
Site Name Langenes: Thurso Bay, Pentland Firth
Classification Fishing Vessel (20th Century), Schooner (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Lagens; Langanes; Langens; Ludulf Eide; Little Head Light; Scrabster Roadstead; Scrabster Roads; Holborn Head; North Sea; Langanes (Ex. Ludulf Eide)
Canmore ID 101898
Site Number ND17SW 8001
NGR ND 11911 70813
NGR Description ND c. 119 708
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND17SW 8001 c. 119 708
N58 37 W3 31
NLO: Thurso [name: ND 115 687]
Scrabster [name: ND 102 702].
Thurso Bay [name centred ND 115 699]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
Formerly entered as ND07SE 8001 at cited location ND 0960 7040 [N58 36.74 W3 33.37], ND17SW 8404 at cited location ND 1191 7081 [N58 37 W3 31], ND17SW 8005 at cited location ND c. 103 702 [N58 36.6 W3 32.6], and ND17SW 8047 at cited location ND c. 12 70 [N58 37 W3 31].
Possibly on map sheet ND16NW.
Auxiliary Schooner LANGANES, of Faeroes, master Daniel Jacob Mortonson. Enroute Faeroes to Aberdeen. Lost 11 Nov 1941 at Scrabster Roadstead, 120 yards South West of Holburn [Holborn] Head Lighthouse. Weather South Easterly whole gale, heavy squalls, sea rough. Cause of wreck, ship dragged anchor or cable parted. Crew saved. Crew landed by lifeboat at 15.20pm. Cargo 60 ton fish, value not known. Particulars given me by Naval Control Office at Scrabster.
[Contemporary] source: Neil Mathiesen, Principal Lightkeeper, Holburn Head Lighthouse.
Horizontal Datum = UND
Surveying Details
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The wreck of the fishing vessel LANGENS is reported at 58 37 00N, 003 31 00W or on a bearing of 186 degrees and 500 metres from the Little Head light, Thurso Bay.
25 March 1942. The wreck has been dispersed.
16 May 1977. The wreck was not found despite a sidescan search. The wreck was dispersed in 1942.
Report by HMS HERALD, 29 December 1976.
Hydrographic Office, 1995.
(Classified as F[ishing] V[essel]: date of loss cited as 7 December 1941). Lagnes: this vessel [sank] at 186 degrees 2.7 cables from Littlehead Light. Dispersed.
(Location of loss cited as N58 37.0 W3 31.0).
Classified as smack: former name cited as Ludulf Eide, and date of loss as 10 November 1941). Langenes: this vessel stranded at Thurso. Registration: Faroese.
(Location of loss cited as N58 36.0 W3 31.5).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this loss is essentially tentative, being derived from the unverified location that is cited by Whittaker. Littlehead Light is presumably to be identified as Holborn Head Lighthouse (ND17SW 7.00) at ND 10669 70659.
The two losses cited by Whittaker are equated.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 7 May 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 2479
Name : LAGENS
Latitude : 583700
Longitude : 33100
Type : FV
Position : Position Approximate
Loss Day : 7
Loss Month : 12
Loss Year : 1941
Comment : 186 degs 2.7 cables from Littlehead Lt. Dispersed
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 3060
Name : LANGANES (EX. LUDULF EIDE)
Latitude : 583600
Longitude : 33130
Registration : FAROESE
Type : SMACK
Loss Day : 10
Loss Month : 11
Loss Year : 1941
Comment : Stranded at Thurso
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 000927
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Non-dangerous wreck
State : DEAD
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 58.61667,-3.51667
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 58.61627,-3.51817
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Previous Position : 58.61667,-3.51667
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 24
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : LANGENS
Type : FISHING VESSEL
Date Sunk : 07/12/1941
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Original Detection Year : 1941
Original Source : Other
Surveying Details : **POSN 583700N, 033100W OR 186DEGS 2.7C FROM LITTLE HD LT, THURSO BAY.
**H4282/41 22.12.41 TNM 3026/41 ISSUED.
**H4282/41 25.3.42 CANCELLED TNM BY NM 628/42. WK HAS BEEN DISPERSED.
**H4811/75 16.5.77 NOT FOUND DESPITE SIDESCAN SEARCH. (HMS HERALD, HI 13B/76).
Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY
Date Last Amended : 12/11/1999
Date Position Last Amended : 12/11/1999
