Unknown: Hoy Sound, Orkney
Yawl (20th Century)
Site Name Unknown: Hoy Sound, Orkney
Classification Yawl (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Off Black Crags'; Stromness; Atlantic; Scapa Flow; No Name
Canmore ID 287342
Site Number HY20NE 8073
NGR HY 25 08
NGR Description HY c. 25 08
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
HY20NE 8073 c. 25 08
N58 57 W3 18
NLO: Hoy Sound [name centred HY 236 072]
Stromness [name: HY 253 090]
Scapa Flow [name centred HY 36 00].
Possibly on map sheet HY20NW.
(Classified as yawl: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 22 October 1929). No Name: this vessel was uin collision and sank in 30 fathoms off North Crags, Stromness.
(Location of loss cited as N58 57.5 W3 17.5).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative, being derived from that cited by Whittaker. North Crags are not noted as such on the 1998 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 15 March 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 12916
Name : NO NAME
Latitude : 585730
Longitude : 31730
Type : YAWL
Loss Day : 21
Loss Month : 10
Loss Year : 1929
Comment : Collision and sank in 30 fathoms off North Crags, Stromness.
