Martis (Possibly): East Weddell Sound, Scapa Flow, Orkney
Craft (20th Century)
Site Name Martis (Possibly): East Weddell Sound, Scapa Flow, Orkney
Classification Craft (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) East Weddel Sound; Churchill Causeway; Churchill Barrier No. 3; North Sea
Canmore ID 287761
Site Number ND49NE 8044
NGR ND 4746 9843
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
ND49NE 8044 4746 9843
N58 52.23 W2 54.67
NLO: Weddell Sound [name centred ND 477 988]
Stromness [name: HY 253 090]
Scapa Flow [name centred HY 36 00].
See also ND49NE 8011.
(Date of loss cited as 14 June 1940). Martis (possibly): apparently 35m length of stern section from a blockship.
(Location of loss cited as N58 52.25 W2 54.82).
I G Whittaker 1998.