Pajala: Atlantic
Motor Ship (20th Century)
Site Name Pajala: Atlantic
Classification Motor Ship (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) North Rona; Rona Ronaidh; Pajala
Canmore ID 102983
Site Number HW94NW 8001
NGR HW 9472 4615
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/102983
- Council Maritime
- Parish Maritime - Offshore
- Former Region Not Applicable
- Former District Not Applicable
- Former County Not Applicable
HW94NW 8001 unlocated
NLO: North Rona [Rona Ronaidh: HW 81 32].
Location formerly cited as HW 9458 4625 [N59 15.2 W5 36.2].
Possibly within Maritime - Highland.
Horizontal Datum = UND
Circumstances of Loss Details
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The Swedish motor vessel PAJALA was torpedoed by submarine.
Hydrographic Office, 1995.
(Classified as steel M[otor] V[essel]: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 18 January 1940. Pajala: this vessel was torpedoed by U-25 10 miles 72 degrees [from] North Rona. German position AM 34 88 = N59 50 W7 00.
Registration: Stockholm. Built 1924. 6873grt. Length: 127m. Beam: 17m.
(Location of loss cited as N59 15.20 W5 36.20).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is arbitrary, being derived from the indeterminate location that is cited by UKHO.
The loss of this vessel may have occurred within the quasi-administrative area that is designated as Maritime - Highland.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 21 January 2003.
Asdic contact located and attacked N59 1512 W5 3612 - length about 300ft, oil given off.
[No demonstrable association with loss of Pajala, or definite evidence of submarine sinking].
HMS Scott: letter HO/582/42, dated 29 September 1942.
Information from UKHO, 11 June 2009.
Loss (18 January 1940)
Horizontal Datum = UND
Circumstances of Loss Details
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The Swedish motor vessel PAJALA was torpedoed by submarine.
Hydrographic Office, 1995.
(Classified as steel M[otor] V[essel]: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 18 January 1940. Pajala: this vessel was torpedoed by U-25 10 miles 72 degrees [from] North Rona. German position AM 34 88 = N59 50 W7 00.
Registration: Stockholm. Built 1924. 6873grt. Length: 127m. Beam: 17m.
(Location of loss cited as N59 15.20 W5 36.20).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (21 January 2003)
The map sheet assigned to this record is arbitrary, being derived from the indeterminate location that is cited by UKHO.
The loss of this vessel may have occurred within the quasi-administrative area that is designated as Maritime - Highland.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 21 January 2003.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 2121
Name : PAJALA
Latitude : 591512
Longitude : 53612
Date Built : 1924
Registration : STOCKHOLM
Type : MV (STEEL)
Tonnage : 6873
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 127
Beam : 17
Draught : 10m
Position : Position Approximate
Loss Day : 18
Loss Month : 1
Loss Year : 1940
Comment : Torped by U25 10 miles 72 deg North Rona, German position AM3488=5950/0700
