Camberwell: North Sea
Steamship (20th Century)
Site Name Camberwell: North Sea
Classification Steamship (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Dunnet Head; Duncansby Head; Pentland Firth; Camberwell
Canmore ID 288388
Site Number ND47SE 8006
NGR ND 46 72
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/288388
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND47SE 8006 unlocated
NLO: Ness of Duncansby [name: ND 389 738]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
(Classified as steel steamship: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 18 May 1917). Camberwell: this vessel was noted 6 miles SExE of Dunnet Head. Ashore? Duncansby Head?
Registration: Sunderland. Built 1903. 4078grt. Length: 112m. Beam: 15m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 38.0 W2 55.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker. It remains unclear whether the vessel foundered at the cited location, or subsequently stranded elsewhere.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 7 May 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 2765
Name : CAMBERWELL
Latitude : 583800
Longitude : 25500
Date Built : 1903
Registration : SUNDERLAND
Type : SS (STEEL)
Tonnage : 4078
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 112
Beam : 15
Draught : 6m
Loss Day : 18
Loss Month : 5
Loss Year : 1917
Comment : 6 miles SExE of Dunnet Head. Ashore? Duncansby Head?
