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Unknown: Stroma, Pentland Firth
Schooner (19th Century)
Site Name Unknown: Stroma, Pentland Firth
Classification Schooner (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Mars; Island Of Stroma; North Sea; Unknown 1859
Canmore ID 288209
Site Number ND37NE 8045
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 8045 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 schooner: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 25 November 1859). Unknown: this vessel was lying high and dry on Stroma (Golden Eagle).
(Location of loss cited as N58 40.5 W3 8.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
It remains unclear whether this vessel was lost, or successfully recovered.
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, and the date cited is apparently that of report rather than loss.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 24 April 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 5274
Name : UNKNOWN 1859
Latitude : 584030
Longitude : 30800
Type : SCHOONER
Loss Day : 25
Loss Month : 11
Loss Year : 1859
Comment : Lying high and dry on Stroma. (GOLDEN EAGLE?)
