Evangeline: Mill Bay, Stronsay, North Sea
Lugger (20th Century)
Site Name Evangeline: Mill Bay, Stronsay, North Sea
Classification Lugger (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Bf 1952; Orkney; Sanday Sound; Evangeline (Bf 1952)
Canmore ID 229349
Site Number HY62NE 8004
NGR HY 66 26
NGR Description HY c. 66 26
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 8004 c. 66 26
N59 7 W2 36
NLO: Mill Bay [name centred HY 670 269]
Stronsay [name centred HY 66 24]
Sanday Sound [name centred HY 67 34]
Sanday [name centred HY 67 40].
(Classified as wooden lugger, in ballast; registration number cited as BF 1952, and date of loss as 17 January 1905). Evangeline: this vessel stranded on Stronsay. Capt. Wood.
Registered: Portnockie. Built 1898. 35 tons register. Length: 21m. Beam: 5m.
(Location cited as N59 5.0 W2 30.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 11 January 2005.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 4890
Name : EVANGELINE (BF 1952)
Latitude : 590500
Longitude : 23000
Date Built : 1898
Registration : PORTNOCKIE
Type : LUGGER (WOOD)
Tonnage : 35
Tonnage Code : R
Length : 21
Beam : 5
Loss Day : 17
Loss Month : 1
Loss Year : 1905
Comment : Stranded Stronsay. Capt. Wood
Cargo : BALLAST
