Cape York: North Sea
Motor Ship (20th Century)
Site Name Cape York: North Sea
Classification Motor Ship (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Cape York Ii; Peterhead; Rattray Head; Fraserburgh; Kinnaird Head
Canmore ID 196096
Site Number NK16NW 8024
NGR NK 1464 6643
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/196096
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Maritime - Aberdeenshire
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NK16NW 8024 unlocated
NLO: Kinnaird Head [name: NJ 998 676]
Fraserburgh [name: NJ 999 665]
Rattray Head [name: NK 110 578]
Peterhead [name: NK 135 465].
Formerly entered as NP69SW 8001 (unlocated).
(Classified as steel motor ship: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 27 August 1940). Cape York II: [this vessel was attacked by] aerial torpedo off Peterhead, [and] sank [the] following day under tow off Rattray Head.
Registration: Glasgow. Built 1926. 5027grt. Length: 123m. Beam: 16m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 41.42 W1 45.60).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location that is cited by Whittaker. This is presumably the reported location of the final sinking of the vessel.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 13 September 2001.
Loss (27 August 1940)
(Classified as steel motor ship: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 27 August 1940). Cape York II: [this vessel was attacked by] aerial torpedo off Peterhead, [and] sank [the] following day under tow off Rattray Head.
Registration: Glasgow. Built 1926. 5027grt. Length: 123m. Beam: 16m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 41.42 W1 45.60).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (13 September 2001)
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location that is cited by Whittaker. This is presumably the reported location of the final sinking of the vessel.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 13 September 2001.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 1249
Name : CAPE YORK II
Latitude : 574125
Longitude : 14536
Date Built : 1926
Registration : GLASGOW
Type : MOTORSHIP (STEEL)
Tonnage : 5027
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 123
Beam : 16
Draught : 8m
Position : Exact Position
Loss Day : 27
Loss Month : 8
Loss Year : 1940
Comment : Aerial torp. off Peterhead, sank following day under tow off Rattray Head.
