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Caribbean: Atlantic
Steamship (20th Century)
Site Name Caribbean: Atlantic
Classification Steamship (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Dunottar Castle; Dunnottar Castle; 'between Cape Wrath And Scapa'; Pentland Firth; Caribbean (Ex. Dunottar Castle)
Canmore ID 296693
Site Number NC89SW 8003
NGR NC 8456 9441
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/296693
- Council Maritime
- Parish Maritime - Offshore
- Former Region Not Applicable
- Former District Not Applicable
- Former County Not Applicable
NC89SW 8003 unlocated
NLO: Scapa Flow [name centred HY 36 00]
Cape Wrath [name: NC 256 750]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
Possibly within Maritime - Orkney.
(Classified as steel steamship: no cargo specified, but former name cited as Dunottar [Dunnottar] Castle, and date of loss as 26 September 1915). Caribbean: this vessel foundered between Cape Wrath and Scapa.
Registration: London. Built 1890. 5824grt. Length: 126m. Beam: 15m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 49.50 W4 0.08).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location that is cited by Whittaker. The loss of this vessel may have occurred within the quasi-administrative area that is designated Maritime - Orkney.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 20 October 2008.
Loss (26 September 1915)
(Classified as steel steamship: no cargo specified, but former name cited as Dunottar [Dunnottar] Castle, and date of loss as 26 September 1915). Caribbean: this vessel foundered between Cape Wrath and Scapa.
Registration: London. Built 1890. 5824grt. Length: 126m. Beam: 15m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 49.50 W4 0.08).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (20 October 2008)
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location that is cited by Whittaker. The loss of this vessel may have occurred within the quasi-administrative area that is designated Maritime - Orkney.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 20 October 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 137
Name : CARIBBEAN (EX. DUNOTTAR CASTLE)
Latitude : 584930
Longitude : 40005
Date Built : 1890
Registration : LONDON
Type : SS (STEEL)
Tonnage : 5824
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 126
Beam : 15
Draught : 7m
Loss Day : 26
Loss Month : 9
Loss Year : 1915
Comment : Foundered between Cape Wrath and Scapa
