Taindale: Tofts Ness, Sanday, Orkney, North Sea
Brig (18th Century)
Site Name Taindale: Tofts Ness, Sanday, Orkney, North Sea
Classification Brig (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Toftsness; North Ronaldsay Firth; Taindale
Canmore ID 269229
Site Number HY74NE 8002
NGR HY 76 47
NGR Description HY c. 76 47
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
HY74NE 8002 c. 76 47
N59 19 W2 25
NLO: Sanday [name centred HY 67 40]
North Ronaldsay Firth [name centred HY 74 49]
Tofts Ness [name centred HY 760 471].
(Classified as brig, with cargo of flax and logs: date of loss as 19 November 1778). Taindale: this vessel stranded at Toftsness [Tofts Ness], Sanday. Possibly all gone and later loss? Registration: maryport.
(Location of loss cited as N59 18.0 W2 25.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
It remains unclear or not whether this vessel was successfully recovered.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 9 December 2004.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 12326
Name : TAINDALE
Latitude : 591845
Longitude : 22500
Registration : MARYPORT
Type : BRIG
Loss Day : 19
Loss Month : 11
Loss Year : 1778
Comment : Stranded at Toftsness, Sanday. Possibly AG and later loss ?
Cargo : FLAX, LOGS
