Strathtay: Hog Of The Ness, Scat Ness, Atlantic

HU30NE 8001 c. 387 080

N59 51.4 W1 18.5

NLO: Hog of the Ness [name: HU 386 081]

Horse Island [name: HU 387 075]

Ness of Burgi [name: HU 387 083]

West Voe of Sumburgh [name centred HU 395 092]

Sumburgh Head [name: HU 407 078]

Scat Ness [name: HU 387 092]

Scatness [name: HU 390 100].

Strathtay: [max. date] 1900

Went ashore in great gale of 1900 with loss of crew. 15 other trawlers missing in gale. Archive Ref: SM p. 1; ST 1/7/1977; SN 24/2/1900 p. 4 col. 6 & p. 5 col 1-6

MS/3025, no. 862.

(Location cited as HU 387 080). This wreck lies at the edge of a prominent small geo on the E side of the end of Scat Ness, between Horse Isle and the peninsula.The spare anchor, chain, engine, brass fittings and valves may be identified on a seabed of kelp-covered boulders at a depth of 14m.

G Ridley 1992.

(Classified as steel, steam trawler, in ballast: registration number cited as A 661, and date of loss as 16 February 1900). Strathtay: this vessel was wrecked at Horse Island, Scatness. Capt. Duck.

Registration: Aberdeen. Built 1891. 155grt. Length: 31m. Beam: 6m.

(Location of loss cited as N59 51.0 W1 19.0).

I G Whittaker 1998.

The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 13 July 2007.