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Gertrud: Langaton Point, Stroma, Pentland Firth
Steamship (20th Century)
Site Name Gertrud: Langaton Point, Stroma, Pentland Firth
Classification Steamship (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Maud Hartman; Maun Hartmann; Island Of Stroma; North Sea; Gertrud; Gertrud (Ex. Maud Hartman)
Canmore ID 101981
Site Number ND37NW 8001
NGR ND 34 79
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/101981
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND37NW 8001 3490 7914
N58 41.7333 W3 7.4
NLO: Island of Stroma [name: ND 35 77]
Langaton Point [name: ND 349 791]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
Formerly entered as ND37NW 8492.
Steamship GERTRUD, 1627 ton, of Helsingfors, master R. Wallen, bound from Manchester to Helsingfors. Lost 1 June 1934, 6.50 (not shown if am or pm). Langaton, 1/4 mile from Stroma Lighthouse. Fog signal sounding from 5.10am. Weather calm, dense fog. Cause of wreck strong tide & dense fog. All 22 persons saved. Cargo ballast. Shortly after the crew had been taken off by one of the local boats the steamer commenced to break up & within 14 hours no trace of her was visible above water.
[Contemporary] source: Hugh H. William Innes, Principal Lighkeeper, Stroma Lighhouse.
Horizontal Datum = OGB
Circumstances of Loss Details
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The steamship GERTRUD ran aground.
Surveying Details
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3 June 1934. The vessel went ashore on the north side of Stroma at a position bearing 080 degrees (true) and approximately 8 miles, from Dunnet Head.
Report by Royal Naval Signal Station Dunnet Head, 1 June 1934.
8 June 1934. The vessel is completely broken up and no longer visible.
Report by Royal Naval Signal Station, Dunnet Head, 3 Juen 1934.
21 January 1985. The site was not found nor referred to in the report of survey carried out by BUE Subsea.
Hydrographic Office, 1995.
(Classified as steamship: former name cited as Maud Hartmann, and date of loss as 1 June 1934). Gertrud: this vessel stranded on the W side of Langaton Point, slipped off, and sank in deep water.
Registration: Helsingfors. Built 1881. 1691grt. Length 79m. Beam: 11m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 41.73 W3 7.4).
I G Whittaker 1998.
(Name cited as Langaton Point). This may be the PA wreck noted by Ridley at ND 348 772, a cited location which falls inshore and is inconsistent with the cited location.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 8 October 2002.
G Ridley 1992.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 2495
Name : GERTRUD (EX. MAUD HARTMAN)
Latitude : 584144
Longitude : 30724
Date Built : 1881
Registration : HELINGFORS
Type : SS
Tonnage : 1691
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 79
Beam : 11
Draught : 6m
Position : Exact Position
Loss Day : 1
Loss Month : 6
Loss Year : 1934
Comment : Stranded on the west side of Langaton Point, slipped off, sank in deep water
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 000943
Feature Class : Wreck
State : DEAD
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 58.69556,-3.12333
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 58.69515,-3.12491
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 10
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : GERTRUD
Type : SS
Flag : FINNISH
Tonnage : 1691
Tonnage Type : Gross
Date Sunk : 01/06/1934
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Original Detection Year : 1934
Original Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **RAN AGROUND.
Surveying Details : **H3754/34 3.6.34 WENT ASHORE ON N SIDE OF STROMA IN POSN 080 DEG (T), APPROX 8 MILES, FROM DUNNET HEAD. (RNSS DUNNET HEAD, 1.6.34).
**8.6.34 COMPLETELY BROKEN UP AND NO LONGER VISIBLE. (RNSS DUNNET HD, 3.6.34). NCA.
**H2925/83 21.1.85 NOT FOUND NOR REFERRED TO IN R OF S. (BUE SUBSEA, HI 204).
Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY
Date Last Amended : 20/02/2001
Reference (March 2012)
Sitename : Gertrud
Note : Centre point of 1 kilometre buffer centred at NGR 334801E 979264E.
This site is MHG25586 in the Highland Historic Environment Record.
Sources :
SeaZone Hydrospatial OSGB36 Wrecks point,SeaZone,2010
UKHO wreck report,2012,943
