William: Gray's Quay, Stromness Harbour, Scapa Flow, Orkney
Craft (19th Century)
Site Name William: Gray's Quay, Stromness Harbour, Scapa Flow, Orkney
Classification Craft (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Stromness Sound; Atlantic
Canmore ID 247284
Site Number HY20NE 8022
NGR HY 254 089
NGR Description HY c. 254 089
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
HY20NE 8022 c. 256 085
N58 57.5 W3 17.6
NLO: Stromness [name: HY 253 090]
Scapa Flow [name centred HY 36 00].
Not to be confused with HY20NE 8023.
Damaged, March 30 1850, WILLIAM of Stornoway. Stromness, driven against Gray's Quay. Lloyds List 9 April 1850.
Source: PP British Sessional Papers. Admiralty Register of Wrecks and other Casualties on Shores of UK 1850 and 1851 (1852 (XLIX.503)).
NMRS, MS/829/67 (no. 137).
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Gray's Quay is not noted as such on the 1971 edition of the OS 1:10,000 map and the location cited is, accordingly, an estimate. Stromness harbour has few structures and no breakwater or clearly-defined entrance as such. It is formed by a prolonged voe heading northwards from about HY 257 082, and partly protected by the islands of Inner and Outer Holm on the E. The 1998 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map notes Harbour [NAT] around HY 256 085.
This vessel is not noted as a loss by I G Whittaker (1998). She may have been repaired and returned to service.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 23 July 2003.