Ariadne: Bay Of Skaill, Orkney, Atlantic
Craft (19th Century)
Site Name Ariadne: Bay Of Skaill, Orkney, Atlantic
Classification Craft (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Near Stromness'; Sandwick; Skaile Bay; Skaill Bay; Ariadne
Canmore ID 224393
Site Number HY21NW 8005
NGR HY 232 193
NGR Description HY c. 232 193
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Maritime - Orkney
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
HY21NW 8005 c. 232 193
N59 3.3 W3 20.3
NLO: Bay of Skaill [name centred HY 232 193]
Sandwick [name centred HY 25 20]
Stromness [name: HY 253 090].
The ARIADNE, Potts, from Petersburg to Liverpool, was lost in Skaile [Skaill] Bay, near Stromness, 23rd ult. Cargo expected to be saved.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 5235, London, Friday December 5 1817.
NMRS, MS/829/70 (no. 5937).
(No classification specified: cargo cited as tallow, planks and potash, and date of loss as 23 November 1817). Ariadne: this vessel was wrecked at Bay of Skaill. Capt. Potts.
(Location of loss cited as N59 3.25 W3 21.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 6361
Name : ARIADNE
Latitude : 590315
Longitude : 32100
Loss Day : 23
Loss Month : 11
Loss Year : 1817
Comment : Wrecked at Bay of Skaill. Capt. Potts
Cargo : TALLOW,PLANKS,POTASH