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Monomoy: Mar Wick, Orkney, Atlantic
Steamship (19th Century)
Site Name Monomoy: Mar Wick, Orkney, Atlantic
Classification Steamship (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Monomy; Marwick; Marwick Bay
Canmore ID 228344
Site Number HY22SW 8001
NGR HY 22593 24010
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/228344
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Birsay And Harray
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY22SW 8001 c. 224 242
N59 5.9 W3 21.3
NLO: Mar Wick [name: HY 224 242].
6 January 1896, MONOMOY, 4 year, of Bristol. Lloyds +100A1 spar deck. Survey 1/95. Steel steamship 1793 ton. 28 men. Master F.J. Duck. Owner Manhaset SS Co. Ltd., Bristol. New York to Leith. General and wheat. Wind SE2. Marwick Bay, Pomona, Orkney.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1895-96 (1897 [C.8453] LXXVIII.693).
NMRS, MS/829/67 (no. 995).
(Classified as iron steamship, with cargo of general [goods] and wheat: date of loss cited as 6 January 1896). Monomy: this vessel stranded 500 yards S of Marwick Bay [Mar Wick]. The boiler was washed ashore in March 1985. Capt. Duck.
Registration: Bristol. Built 1892. 2783 grt. Length: 93m. Beam: 12m.
(Location of loss cited as N59 6.0 W3 22.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 1495
Name : MONOMY
Latitude : 590600
Longitude : 32200
Date Built : 1892
Registration : BRISTOL
Type : SS (STEEL)
Tonnage : 2783
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 93
Beam : 12
Draught : 6m
Loss Day : 6
Loss Month : 1
Loss Year : 1896
Comment : Stranded 500 yds S of Marwick Bay. Boiler washed ashore 3/1985. Capt. Duck
Cargo : GENERAL AND WHEAT
Reference (March 2012)
Sitename : SS Monomoy boiler: Marwick, Orkney
Note : One of the S.S. Monomoy's boilers can be seen on the beach where it washed in during a storm. South westerly gales bring in very heavy seas into Marwick Bay, and any shipwreck in such an exposed coast will suffer the effects of such violent surges. In March 1985 a storm washed one of the two boilers from the Monomoy up to the high water mark. Since coming ashore this has continued to break up with pieces being scattered along the shore. The location is centred at NGR 322593E 1024010N.
Source :
ORCA and SULA Diving,CULTURAL HERITAGE BASELINE: RESULTS OF THE DESK-BASED ASSESSMENT AND REVIEW OF ASPECT DATA. PROPOSED RENEWABLE ENERGY SITE, MARWICK BAY, ORKNEY,2011
