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Unknown: Stroma, Pentland Firth
Brig (19th Century)
Site Name Unknown: Stroma, Pentland Firth
Classification Brig (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Mars; Island Of Stroma; North Sea
Canmore ID 288203
Site Number ND37NE 8040
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 8040 c. 35 77
N58 40 W3 7
NLO: Island of Stroma [name: ND 35 77]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
Possibly on map sheet ND37NW.
(Classified as brig: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 29 July 1836). Unknown: this vessel hit Stroma, [capsized] onto beam ends, and sank. See Mars?
Registration: Newcastle?
(Location of loss cited as N58 40.5 W3 8.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 24 April 2007.
