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Croma: Swona, Pentland Firth

Steamship (19th Century)

Site Name Croma: Swona, Pentland Firth

Classification Steamship (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) 'South Side Of Swona'; 'se End Of Swona'; Swona Island; North Sea; Croma

Canmore ID 102237

Site Number ND38SE 8001

NGR ND 38832 83750

Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long

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  • Council Orkney Islands
  • Parish Maritime - Orkney
  • Former Region Orkney Islands Area
  • Former District Maritime
  • Former County Not Applicable

Archaeology Notes

ND38SE 8001 3878 8369

N58 44.2167 W3 3.45

NLO: Swona [name: ND 390 843]

Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].

Formerly also entered as ND38SE 8014 at cited location ND c. 38 83 [N58 44 W3 4].

See also NJ90NE 8345.

Quality of fix = PA

Horizontal Datum = OGB

Circumstances of Loss Details

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The iron steamship CROMA went ashore on the SE of Swona Island on voyage from Dundee to New York.

Source: Lloyds.

Surveying Details

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30 April 1970. The position is given as 58 44 13N, 003 03 27W. The wreck was sold in 1899.

Source: Lloyds.

Hydrographic Office, 1995.

(Classified as iron steamship, with general cargo: date of loss cited as 14 August 1899). Croma: this vessel stranded on the SE end of Swona. Capt. Claxton.

Registration: Newcastle. Built 1883. 2881grt. Length: 99m. Beam: 13m.

(Location of loss cited as N58 44.22 W3 3.0).

I G Whittaker 1998.

The location of loss cited by Whittaker is misleading. The island of Swona lies roughly NE-SW, and has no SE end as such.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 18 April 2007.

This vessel is possibly to be equated with that entered as NJ90NE 8345.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 3 August 2011.

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Reference (2011)

Whittaker ID : 508

Name : CROMA

Latitude : 584413

Longitude : 30300

Date Built : 1883

Registration : NEWCASTLE

Type : SS (IRON)

Tonnage : 2881

Tonnage Code : G

Length : 99

Beam : 13

Draught : 8m

Position : Position Approximate

Loss Day : 14

Loss Month : 8

Loss Year : 1899

Comment : Stranded SE end of Swona. Capt. Claxton

Cargo : GENERAL

Reference (19 April 2012)

UKHO Identifier : 000953

Feature Class : Wreck

Wreck Category : Non-dangerous wreck

State : LIVE

Classification : Unclassified

Position (Lat/long) : 58.73747,-3.05677

Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)

WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 58.73707,-3.05835

WGS84 Origin : Original

Previous Position : 58.73695,-3.05750

Position Method : Global Positioning System

Position Quality : Precisely known

Position Accuracy : 15.0

Depth Quality : Depth unknown

Water Depth : 15

Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide

Name : CROMA

Type : SS

Flag : BRITISH

Length : 100.6

Beam : 13.4

Draught : 8.2

Tonnage : 3187

Tonnage Type : Gross

Cargo : GENERAL

Date Sunk : 14/08/1899

Contact Description : Notable debris

Original Sensor : Reported Sinking

Last Sensor : Diver Sighting

Original Detection Year : 1899

Last Detection Year : 2001

Original Source : Other

Last Source : Divers

Circumstances of Loss : **BUILT IN 1883 BY J L THOMPSON & SONS OF SUNDERLAND. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY J DENT, JR, OF NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. TWO BOILERS, COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE DUNDEE FOR NEW YORK. GENERAL CARGO INCLUDING BEER, WINES AND SPIRITS WHICH WERE RECOVERED. DROVE ASHORE IN THICK FOG. LATER BROKE UP, PART SLIPPING INTO DEEPER WATER. 300 TONNES OF CARGO RECOVERED IN TOTAL INCLUDING 4816 CASES OF MARMALADE

Surveying Details : **POSN 584413N, 030327W. WK SOLD IN 1899. (LLOYDS).

POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE

**20.2.01 DIVED IN 5844.224N, 0303.501W [WGD]. WELL BROKEN UP IN DEPTHS OF 2 TO 15MTRS. TWO STEEL PROPS LOCATED. (K HEATH, TELECON 20.2.01). INS AS NDW. BR STD.

General Comments : WELL BROKEN UP, TWO STEEL PROPS REMAIN

Chart Symbol : NDW

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