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Rinaldo: Tofts Ness, Sanday, Orkney, North Sea
Ship (19th Century)
Site Name Rinaldo: Tofts Ness, Sanday, Orkney, North Sea
Classification Ship (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Toftsness; North Ronaldsay Firth; Rinaldo
Canmore ID 269230
Site Number HY74NE 8003
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 8003 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 [full-rigged] ship, with cargo of flax, hemp and linseed: date of loss as 14 January 1810). Rinaldo: this vessel stranded on Tofts Ness, Sanday. Capt. Ritzrow.
Registration: Stettin. 400 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N59 18.75 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 : 12263
Name : RINALDO
Latitude : 591845
Longitude : 22500
Registration : STETTIN
Type : SHIP
Tonnage : 400
Loss Day : 14
Loss Month : 1
Loss Year : 1810
Comment : Stranded on Tofts Ness, Sanday. Capt. Ritzrow
Cargo : FLAX,HEMP,LINSEED
