Queen Of Naples: Braes Wick, Sanday, Orkney, North Sea
Brig (19th Century)
Site Name Queen Of Naples: Braes Wick, Sanday, Orkney, North Sea
Classification Brig (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Island Of Sunday'; Braeswick; Lashy Sound; 'island Of Sunday'; 'near Kirkwall'; Queen Of Naples
Canmore ID 223798
Site Number HY63NW 8001
NGR HY 610 374
NGR Description HY c. 610 374
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Maritime - Orkney
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
HY63NW 8001 c. 610 374
N59 13.3 W2 41
NLO: Braes Wick [name centred HY 610 374]
Braeswick [name: HY 610 371]
Lashy Sound [name centred HY 598 380]
Sanday [name centred HY 67 40]
Kirkwall [name: HY 449 111].
The QUEEN OF NAPLES, Forrist, from Drontheim to Belfast, is stranded on the Island of Sunday [Sanday], near Kirkwall. Cargo will be saved.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 4082, London, Tuesday September 16 1806.
NMRS, MS/829/70 (no. 5549).
(Classified as brig, with cargo of wood: date of loss cited as September 1806). Queen of Naples: this vessel was totally wrecked at Braeswick [Braes Wick], Sanday. Capt. Forrest.
(Location of loss cited as N59 13.25 W2 41.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 8065
Name : QUEEN OF NAPLES
Latitude : 591315
Longitude : 24100
Type : BRIG
Loss Month : 9
Loss Year : 1806
Comment : Totally wrecked at Braeswick, Sanday. Capt. Forrest
Cargo : WOOD
