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Unknown: Stroma, Pentland Firth
Craft (19th Century)
Site Name Unknown: Stroma, Pentland Firth
Classification Craft (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Strona; Island Of Stroma; North Sea
Canmore ID 276682
Site Number ND37NE 8031
NGR ND 35 77
NGR Description ND c. 35 77
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND37NE 8031 c. 35 77
N58 41 W3 7
NLO: Island of Stroma [name: ND 35 77]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
Possibly on map sheet ND37NW.
See also HY64SW 8050 and ND47SW 8025.
St. Margaret's Hope, 17th Oct. 'A vessel is reported on shore in Sandy [Sanday], and one in Strona [Stroma], and another it is said to have gone down off Duncan's [Duncansby] Head, with all hands.'
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 9870, London, Friday October 31 1845.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 8012).
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998), possibly suggesting her successful recovery.
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 24 April 2007.
