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Belvoir Castle: North Sea

Steam Trawler (20th Century)

Site Name Belvoir Castle: North Sea

Classification Steam Trawler (20th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Belvior Castle; Peterhead; Buchan Ness; Belvoir Castle

Canmore ID 208052

Site Number NK32SW 8001

NGR NK 30 21

Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long

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  • Council Maritime
  • Parish Maritime - Offshore
  • Former Region Not Applicable
  • Former District Not Applicable
  • Former County Not Applicable

Archaeology Notes

NK32SW 8001 unlocated

NLO: Buchan Ness [name: NK 137 422]

Peterhead [name: NK 135 465].

(Classified as steel steam trawler: date of loss cited as 14 February 1917). Belvoir Castle: this vessel was sunk by bombs [sic.] from a submarine 15 miles SE1/2E or 25 miles SE from Buchan Ness.

Registration: Grimsby. Built 1899. 221grt. Length: 37m. Beam: 6m.

(Location of loss cited as N57 17.0 W1 30.0).

I G Whittaker 1998.

The map sheet assigned to this record essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 7 February 2002.

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Reference (2011)

Whittaker ID : 2266

Name : BELVOIR CASTLE

Latitude : 571700

Longitude : 13000

Date Built : 1899

Registration : GRIMSBY

Type : STEAM TRAWLER(STEEL)

Tonnage : 221

Tonnage Code : G

Length : 37

Beam : 6

Draught : 3m

Position : Position Approximate

Loss Day : 14

Loss Month : 2

Loss Year : 1917

Comment : Sunk by bombs from sub 15 miles SEE, or 25 miles SE, from Buchan Ness.

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