Hms Fiona: Clettack Skerry, Pentland Skerries, Pentland Firth
Armed Merchant Cruiser (20th Century), Steamship (20th Century)
Site Name Hms Fiona: Clettack Skerry, Pentland Skerries, Pentland Firth
Classification Armed Merchant Cruiser (20th Century), Steamship (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) North Sea; Hms Fiona
Canmore ID 102341
Site Number ND47NE 8002
NGR ND 48308 77614
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/102341
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Maritime - Orkney
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND47NE 8002 c. 485 775
N58 41 W2 53.3
NLO: Clettack Skerry [name: ND 485 775]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81]
Pentland Skerries [name centred ND 470 775].
Formerly entered under classification Auxiliary Cruiser and location cited as ND 4830 7761 [N58 41.0167 W2 53.5].
Horizontal Datum = UND
Circumstances of Loss Details
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28 June 1972. The armed boarding cruiser HMS FIONA was wrecked on the Pentland Skerries.
Report by Mr Jessop when requesting purchase from DTI
Spurce; Ships of the Royal Navy vol 2 - College.
Surveying Details
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28 June 1972. The wreck's position is given as 58 41 01N, 002 53 30W, or Pentland Skerries.
Report by Mr Jessop.
Source: Ships of the Royal Navy, Vol 2.
Hydrographic Office 1995.
(Classified as steel steamship: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 6 September 1917). HMS Fiona: this vessel was wrecked on Clettack Skerry, Pentland Skerries.
Registration: Leith. Built 1905. 1611grt. Length: 85m. Beam: 11m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 41.02 W2 53.5).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The inclusion of this wreck by Larn and Larn within their section DC ('North-east Scotland') is anomalous. The Pentland Skerries fall within the administrative area of Orkney, and this wreck is assigned accordingly to the quasi-administrative area of Maritime - Orkney.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 11 September 2002.
R and B Larn 1998.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 161
Name : HMS FIONA
Latitude : 584101
Longitude : 25330
Date Built : 1905
Registration : LEITH
Type : SS (STEEL)
Tonnage : 1611
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 85
Beam : 11
Draught : 5m
Position : Position Approximate
Loss Day : 6
Loss Month : 9
Loss Year : 1917
Comment : Wrecked on Clettack Skerry, Pentland Skerries
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 001223
Feature Class : Wreck
State : DEAD
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 58.68361,-2.89167
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 58.68322,-2.89328
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Previous Position : 58.68362,-2.89167
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 1
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : HMS FIONA
Type : ARMED BOARDING SS
Flag : BRITISH
Length : 85.3
Beam : 11.0
Draught : 5.5
Tonnage : 1611
Tonnage Type : Displacement
Date Sunk : 06/09/1917
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Original Detection Year : 1917
Original Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **BUILT IN 1905 BY THE CALDON SB & ENG CO, DUNDEE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE ADMIRALTY. TWO BOILERS, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 443 HP, SINGLE SHAFT. HIRED AS ARMED BOARING VESSEL 28.11.1914. WRECKED ON THE PENTLAND SKERRIES. NO LOSS OF LIFE.
Surveying Details : **28.6.72 POSN 584101N, 025330W OR PENTLAND SKERRIES. (ROWDEN, TELECON 28.6.72). DETAILS FROM MR JESSOP WHEN REQUESTING PURCHASE FROM D.T.I.
**H2925/83 21.1.85 NOT REFERED TO IN ROS. (BUE SUBSEA, HI 204). NCA.
Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY
Date Last Amended : 21/02/2005
Date Position Last Amended : 09/04/2001
Reference (March 2012)
Sitename : HMS FIONA
Altname : North Sea
Note : Centre point of 1 kilometre buffer at NGR 348308E 977614N.
