Catherine: Pentland Firth
Motor Fishing Vessel (20th Century)
Site Name Catherine: Pentland Firth
Classification Motor Fishing Vessel (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) A389; 'between Stroma And Dunnet Head'; Catherine (A 389)
Canmore ID 288246
Site Number ND27NE 8001
NGR ND 27 76
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/288246
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND27NE 8001 unlocated
NLO: Island of Stroma [name: ND 35 77]
Dunnet Head [name: ND 203 768]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
(Classified as M[otor] F[ishing V[essel]: registration number cited as A 389, and date of loss as 24 April 1924). Catherine: this vessel sank between Stroma and Dunnet Head.
Registration: Aberdeen.
(Location of loss cited as N58 40.0 W3 15.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet and quasi-administrative area assigned to this record are essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location that is cited by Whittaker.
The aircraft may have been lost within the area designated as Maritime - Orkney.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 27 April 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 6698
Name : CATHERINE (A 389)
Latitude : 584000
Longitude : 31500
Registration : ABERDEEN
Type : MFV
Loss Day : 24
Loss Month : 4
Loss Year : 1924
Comment : Sank between Stroma and Dunnet Head.
