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Bydand: Pentland Firth
Steam Drifter (20th Century)
Site Name Bydand: Pentland Firth
Classification Steam Drifter (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Fr 139; Bydand (Fr 139)
Canmore ID 288249
Site Number ND37NW 8046
NGR ND 32 76
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/288249
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND37NW 8046 unlocated
NLO: Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
(Classified as wooden steam drifter: registration number cited as FR 139, and date of loss as 10 June 1937). Bydand: this vessel sank in the Pentland Firth.
Registration: Fraserburgh. Built 1917. 90grt. Length: 26m. Beam: 6m.
(Location cited as N58 40.0 W3 10.0).
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 loss may have occurred within the area designated as Maritime - Orkney.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 27 April 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 15042
Name : BYDAND (FR 139)
Latitude : 584000
Longitude : 31000
Date Built : 1917
Registration : FRASERBURGH
Type : STEAM DRIFTER (WOOD)
Tonnage : 90
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 26
Beam : 6
Loss Day : 10
Loss Month : 6
Loss Year : 1937
Comment : Sank in the Pentland Firth.
