Freesia: Skipi Geo, Birsay, Orkney, Atlantic
Steam Trawler (20th Century)
Site Name Freesia: Skipi Geo, Birsay, Orkney, Atlantic
Classification Steam Trawler (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Gy 633; Gy 607; Fressia; Skippigeo; Costa Head; Eynhallow Sound; Freesia (Gy 607)
Canmore ID 230062
Site Number HY22NW 8004
NGR HY 247 285
NGR Description HY c. 247 285
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
HY22NW 8004 c. 247 285
N59 8.2 W3 19
NLO: Skipi Geo [name centred HY 247 285]
Costa Head [name: HY 310 302]
Eynhallow Sound [name centred HY 38 27].
Possibly on map sheet or HY33SW.
(Classified as steel, steam trawler: registration number cited as GY 607, and date of loss as 1 January 1922). Freesia: this vessel stranded at Costa Head and sank in deep water.
Registration: Grimsby. Built 1911. 285grt. Length: 40m. Beam: 7m.
(Location cited as N59 9.0 W3 12.5).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Material reported under RoW amnesty (2001):
A2442 1 valve, 1 hose connector: from seabed.
[No accurate location cited: noted only as 'Eynhallow Sound'].
NMRS, MS/829/35.
The location of this loss remains uncertain: both Skipi Geo and Costa Head lie on the N shore of Birsay, open to the Atlantic and close to the ill-defined western entrance into Eynhallow Sound. Theree may be more than one Skipi Geo, only one being noted on the 1998 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map.
Whittaker cites the name of this vessel as Fressia in the relevant illustration caption.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 6 October 2003.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 7625
Name : FREESIA (GY 607)
Latitude : 590900
Longitude : 31230
Date Built : 1911
Registration : GRIMSBY
Type : STEAM TRAWLER(STEEL)
Tonnage : 285
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 40
Beam : 7
Draught : 3m
Loss Day : 1
Loss Month : 1
Loss Year : 1922
Comment : Stranded at Costa Head and sank in deep water.
