Ben Torc: Greg Ness, North Sea
Steam Trawler (20th Century)
Site Name Ben Torc: Greg Ness, North Sea
Classification Steam Trawler (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) A 604; Cromarty Firth; Nigg Bay; Gregness; Aberdeen; Ben Torc (A 604)
Canmore ID 209739
Site Number NJ90SE 8008
NGR NJ 971 042
NGR Description NJ c. 971 042
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Aberdeen, City Of
- Parish Maritime - Aberdeen City Of
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NJ90SE 8008 c. 971 042
N57 7.7 W2 2.9
NLO: Greg Ness [name: NJ 971 042]
Aberdeen [name: NJ 95 05]
Cromarty Firth [name centred NH 69 67]
Nigg Bay [name centred NJ 968 046].
(Location of loss cited as 'Cromarty Firth, Nigg Bay, Greg Ness').
R Larn and B Larn 1998.
(Classified as steel steam trawler: registration cited as A 604 and date of loss as 6 June 1927). Ben Torc: [this vessel] stranded at Gregness [Greg Ness], 0.5 mile S of Aberdeen.
Registration: Aberdeen. Built 1913. 199grt. Length: 35m. Beam: 7m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 7.75 W2 2.75).
I G Whittaker 1998.
(Location entered as NJ c. 971 042 [N57 7.7 W2 2.9]). The location, map sheet and quasi-administrative area assigned to this record are essentilly tentative. Greg Ness cannot be identified within Nigg Bay or the Cromarty Firth, and the location of this stranding within this area by Larn and Larn appears highly improbable. It should also be listed within section DB (rather than DC) of their work.
Whittaker locates the wreck on Greg Ness near Aberdeen, and this appears more probable, being consistent with both the type of vessel and her port of registration.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 22 February 2002.
Loss (6 June 1927)
(Location of loss cited as 'Cromarty Firth, Nigg Bay, Greg Ness').
R Larn and B Larn 1998.
(Classified as steel steam trawler: registration cited as A 604 and date of loss as 6 June 1927). Ben Torc: [this vessel] stranded at Gregness [Greg Ness], 0.5 mile S of Aberdeen.
Registration: Aberdeen. Built 1913. 199grt. Length: 35m. Beam: 7m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 7.75 W2 2.75).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Named Location (Nlo) (22 February 2002)
NLO: Greg Ness [name: NJ 971 042]
Aberdeen [name: NJ 95 05]
Cromarty Firth [name centred NH 69 67]
Nigg Bay [name centred NJ 968 046].
Note (22 February 2002)
(Location entered as NJ c. 971 042 [N57 7.7 W2 2.9]). The location, map sheet and quasi-administrative area assigned to this record are essentilly tentative. Greg Ness cannot be identified within Nigg Bay or the Cromarty Firth, and the location of this stranding within this area by Larn and Larn appears highly improbable. It should also be listed within section DB (rather than DC) of their work.
Whittaker locates the wreck on Greg Ness near Aberdeen, and this appears more probable, being consistent with both the type of vessel and her port of registration.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 22 February 2002.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 743
Name : BEN TORC (A 604)
Latitude : 570745
Longitude : 20245
Date Built : 1913
Registration : ABERDEEN
Type : STEAM TRAWLER(STEEL)
Tonnage : 199
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 35
Beam : 7
Draught : 4m
Loss Day : 6
Loss Month : 9
Loss Year : 1927
Comment : Stranded at Gregness, 0.5 mile S of Aberdeen