Peter Berg: Pentland Firth
Steamship (20th Century)
Site Name Peter Berg: Pentland Firth
Classification Steamship (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Almandine; Petersburg; Peter-berg; 'off Dunnet Head'; North Sea; Peter-berg (Ex. Almandine)
Canmore ID 101985
Site Number ND08SE 8004
NGR ND 08347 83888
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/101985
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND08SE 8004 unlocated
NLO: Dunnet Head [name: ND 203 768]
Dunnet Bay [name centred ND 198 704]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
Formerly entered as ND08SE 1, ND08SE 8001, ND08SE 8496 at cited location ND 0834 8389 [N58 44 W3 35], and as ND27NW 8003 at cited location ND c. 203 768 [N58 40.3 W3 22.5].
Name cited as Petersburg.
G Ridley 1990.
Quality of fix = PA
Horizontal Datum = UND
Circumstances of Loss Details
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The steamship PETER BERG sank on voyage from Glasgow to Norway off Dunnet Head.
Source: Lloyds.
Surveying Details
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The wreck's approximate position is given as 58 44 00N, 003 35 00W.
Source: Lloyds.
SS PETERSBURG, wrecked on Dunnet Head.
Source: Ridley 1985.
Hydrographic Office 1995.
(Classified as iron steamship, with cargo of coal: former name cited as Almandine, and date of loss as 26 May 1906). Peter-berg: this vessel stranded off Dunnet Head. Capt. Knudsen. Hydro posn 5844/0335, sunk off Dunnet.
Registration: Danish. Built 1883. 1833grt. Length: 79m. Beam: 11m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 40.33 W3 22.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially tentative, being derived from the location suggested by UKHO.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 24 April 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 2809
Name : PETER-BERG (EX. ALMANDINE)
Latitude : 584020
Longitude : 32200
Date Built : 1883
Registration : DANISH
Type : SS (IRON)
Tonnage : 1833
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 79
Beam : 11
Draught : 6m
Loss Day : 26
Loss Month : 5
Loss Year : 1906
Comment : Stranded off Dunnet Head. Capt. Knudsen. Hydro posn 5844/0335 sunk off Dunnet.
Cargo : COAL
Reference (March 2012)
Sitename : Peter Berg
Altname : Almandine; Petersburg; Peter-Berg; 'Off Dunnet Head'; North Sea
Note : Centre point of 1 kilometre buffer at NGR 308347E 983888N.
Location based on UKHO data (UKHO 2012)
As Canmore
Circumstances of Loss
**SANK ON VOYAGE FROM GLASGOW TO NORWAY, OFF DUNNET HEAD. (LL).
Surveying Details
**POSN 584400N, 033500W APPROX. (LLOYDS).
**H2925/83 11.1.85 NOT FOUND. POSN IS IN AREA OF LARGE GRAVEL & SAND WAVES. (BUE SUBSEA, HI 204). NCA. (UKHO)
The precise location of the loss and therefore of vessel/wreck is undetermined (MKS).
This site is MHG25587 in the Highland Historic Environment Record.
Source :
UKHO Wreck report,951
