Supermarine Stranraer I Flying Boat: Cromarty Firth
Aircraft (20th Century)
Site Name Supermarine Stranraer I Flying Boat: Cromarty Firth
Classification Aircraft (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) K7302; 'at Invergordon'; Firth Of Cromarty; A/c Supermarine
Canmore ID 311495
Site Number NH76NW 8023
NGR NH 70 68
NGR Description NH c. 70 68
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
Loss (20 October 1941)
(Classified as Supermarine Stranraer I [flying boat]: date of loss cited as 20 October 1941). K7302: [this aircraft] of 4 O[perational] T[raining] U[nit] [Royal Air Force caught] sank at Invergordon.
Registration: British.
(Location of loss cited as N57 40.50 W4 10.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Named Location (Nlo) (30 June 2011)
NLO: Invergordon [name: NH 708 683]
Cromarty Firth [name centred NH 67 67].
Possibly on map sheet NH66NE.
See also NH76NW 8024.
Note (30 June 2011)
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker.
This aircraft most probably sank at moorings, possibly within the area of map sheet NH66NE.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 30 June 2011.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 18229
Name : A/C SUPERMARINE
Latitude : 574030
Longitude : 41000
Registration : BRITISH
Type : STRANRAER I
Loss Day : 20
Loss Month : 10
Loss Year : 1941
Comment : Sank at Invergordon.
Cargo : K7302 4 OTU
