Active: Stronsay, Orkney, North Sea
Smack (19th Century)
Site Name Active: Stronsay, Orkney, North Sea
Classification Smack (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Papa Sound; Active
Canmore ID 227989
Site Number HY62NE 8017
NGR HY 65 28
NGR Description HY c. 65 28
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
HY62NE 8017 c. 65 28
N59 8 W2 37
NLO: Stronsay [name centred HY 66 24]
Papa Sound [name centred HY 658 288].
Possibly on map sheet HY62NW.
Formerly entered as HY62NW 8009 (unlocated).
Not to be confused with HY62SE 8008.
25 October 1884, ACTIVE, not registered, wooden smack, 8 tons, 3 crew, Owner J. Drever, Stromness. At moorings in Papa Sound, in ballast. Wind W10. Stranded at Stronsay, Orkney.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1884-85 (1887 [C.5094] LXXIV.247).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1853).
(Classified as wooden smack, in ballast: date of loss cited as 25 October 1884). Active: this vessel was driven from anchor and stranded on Stronsay.
Not registered. Length: 8m.
(Location of loss cited as N59 5.0 W2 30.0).
I G Whiottaker 1998.
The location suggested for this loss is tentative. The available accounts do not specify where the loss occurred on this extensive island, but a location near Papa Sound may be suggested.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 11 January 2005.
R and B Larn 1998.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 3448
Name : ACTIVE
Latitude : 590500
Longitude : 23000
Registration : Not Registered
Type : SMACK (WOOD)
Tonnage : 8
Loss Day : 25
Loss Month : 10
Loss Year : 1884
Comment : Driven from anchor and stranded on Stronsay.
Cargo : BALLAST
