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
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/208052
- Council Maritime
- Parish Maritime - Offshore
- Former Region Not Applicable
- Former District Not Applicable
- Former County Not Applicable
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.
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.