John Bull: Switha, Scapa Flow, Orkney
Schooner (19th Century)
Site Name John Bull: Switha, Scapa Flow, Orkney
Classification Schooner (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Switha Island; Longhope; Sound Of Hoxa; Switha Sound; Cantick Sound; John Bull
Canmore ID 256701
Site Number ND39SE 8022
NGR ND 36 90
NGR Description ND c. 36 90
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
ND39SE 8022 c. 36 90
N58 48 W3 6
NLO: Switha [name: ND 365 907]
Cantick Sound [name centred ND 352 900]
Cantick Head [name: ND 347 897]
Longhope [name: ND 302 909]
Long Hope [name centred ND 316 917]
Scapa Flow [name centred HY 36 00].
18 January 1876, JOHN BULL, 12 yrs old, of St. John's, Newfoundland, wooden schooner, 136 tons, 6 crew, Master and Owner A. Campbell, Glasgow, departed Dublin for Goole carrying salt cake, wind NNW11, stranded Switha Island, Orkney.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK 1875 - 76 (1876 [C.1632] LXVII.191).
NMRS, MS/829/69 (no. 2607).
(Classified as schooner, with cargo of saltcake: date of loss cited as 18 January 1876). John Bull: this vessel was driven from anchor in Cantick Sound and stranded on Switha. Capt. Cam[p]bell.
Registration: St Johns, Nfld. 136 tons register.
(Location of loss cited as N58 47.5 W3 6.5).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 11009
Name : JOHN BULL
Latitude : 584730
Longitude : 30630
Registration : ST JOHNS, NFLD
Type : SCHOONER
Tonnage : 136
Tonnage Code : R
Loss Day : 18
Loss Month : 1
Loss Year : 1876
Comment : Driven from anchor in Cantick Sound and stranded on Switha. Capt. Cambell
Cargo : SALTCAKE