Thetis: Stroma, Pentland Firth

ND37NW 8007 c. 34 76

N58 40 W3 8

NLO: Island of Stroma [name: ND 35 77]

Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].

Possibly on map sheet ND37NE.

See also ND37NW 8029 and ND37NE 8006.

Not to be confused with ND37NW 8010 or ND37NW 8036.

Wick, 12th April. 'The EDINA, Douglas, from Leith to Corfu, was driven on shore at the West end of the Island of Stroma, 8th inst., but is expected to be got off. The AASCEILI, and ANNA, Johnson, from Arundahl to the Isle of Man, ran on shore on the 9th inst., during a thick fog, on the North side of Stroma, and was totally wrecked. Part of her cargo and materials saved. The THETIS, Robinson, from Hull to Quebec, struck and sunk the same evening, on the South side of the Island, and nothing likely to be saved. The crews of the three vessels were with great difficulty saved.'

Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 6526, London, Tuesday April 20 1830.

NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 6695).

(No classification or cargo specified: date of loss cited as 9 April 1830). Thetis: this vessel stranded at the South end of Stroma. Capt. Robinson. Hull-Quebec. Registration: Hull.

(Location of loss cited as N58 40.25 W3 7.0).

I G Whittaker 1998.

The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 24 April 2007.