Victoria: Scarfskerry, Pentland Firth
Steamship (19th Century)
Site Name Victoria: Scarfskerry, Pentland Firth
Classification Steamship (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Dunnet Head; North Sea; Victoria
Canmore ID 221948
Site Number ND27SE 8007
NGR ND 26 74
NGR Description ND c. 26 74
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND27SE 8007 c. 26 74
N58 39 W3 17
NLO: Scarfskerry [name centred ND 267 741]
Scarfskerry Point [name: ND 259 747]
Dunnet Head [name: ND 203 768]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
Not to be confused with ND27SE 8009.
3 March 1891. VICTORIA. 9 years of Sunderland. Liverpool A1, *1 in Red. Survey 9/90. Iron steamship. 1397 ton. 22 men. Master J. Harrison. Owner J. Sanderson, Sunderland. Hamburgh [Hamburg] to New York. General. Wind NW10. 5 miles SE of Dunnet Head, Caithness.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1890-91 (1892 [C.6717] LXXI.495).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1460).
(Classified as iron steamship, with general cargo: date of loss cited as 3 March 1891). Victoria: this vessel stranded at Scarfskerry, 5 miles SE of Dunnet Head. Capt. Harrison.
Registration: Sunderland. Built 1882. 2128grt. Length: 88m. Beam: 12m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 39.25 W3 16.5).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 726
Name : VICTORIA
Latitude : 583915
Longitude : 31630
Date Built : 1882
Registration : SUNDERLAND
Type : SS (IRON)
Tonnage : 2128
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 88
Beam : 12
Draught : 6m
Loss Day : 3
Loss Month : 3
Loss Year : 1891
Comment : Stranded at Scarfskerry, 5 miles SE of Dunnet Head. Capt. Harrison
Cargo : GENERAL
