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Junona: Atlantic
Steamship (20th Century)
Site Name Junona: Atlantic
Classification Steamship (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Off The North Coast Of Scotland'; Pentland Firth; North Sea; Junona
Canmore ID 296790
Site Number HX51NE 8001
NGR HX 56 15
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/296790
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Maritime - Orkney
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
HX51NE 8001 unlocated
NLO: Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
Possibly within areas designated as Maritime - Western Isles, Maritime - Orkney or Maritime - Shetland.
(Classified as steel steamship, with cargo of pit props: date of loss cited as 25 August 1917). Junona: this vessel was torpedoed and sunk off the North coast [of Scotland].
Registration: Odessa. Built 1898. 3462grt. Length: 103m. Beam: 13m.
(Location of loss cited as N59 0.0 W4 30.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location of loss and quasi-administrative area assigned to this record are arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location that is cited by Whittaker.
The loss of this vessel may have occurred within the quasi-administrative areas that are designated as Maritime - Western Isles, Maritime - Orkney or Maritime - Shetland.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 29 October 2008.
Loss (25 August 1917)
(Classified as steel steamship, with cargo of pit props: date of loss cited as 25 August 1917). Junona: this vessel was torpedoed and sunk off the North coast [of Scotland].
Registration: Odessa. Built 1898. 3462grt. Length: 103m. Beam: 13m.
(Location of loss cited as N59 0.0 W4 30.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (29 October 2008)
The location of loss and quasi-administrative area assigned to this record are arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location that is cited by Whittaker.
The loss of this vessel may have occurred within the quasi-administrative areas that are designated as Maritime - Western Isles, Maritime - Orkney or Maritime - Shetland.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 29 October 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 593
Name : JUNONA
Latitude : 590000
Longitude : 43000
Date Built : 1898
Registration : ODESSA
Type : SS (STEEL)
Tonnage : 3462
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 103
Beam : 13
Draught : 5m
Loss Day : 25
Loss Month : 8
Loss Year : 1917
Comment : Torped and sunk off N coast of Scotland
Cargo : PIT PROPS
