Magnet: South Ronaldsay, Orkney
Schooner (19th Century)
Site Name Magnet: South Ronaldsay, Orkney
Classification Schooner (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Nevi Skerry; Scapa Flow; Pentland Firth; North Sea; Magnet
Canmore ID 287846
Site Number ND49SW 8066
NGR ND 42 94
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/287846
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Maritime - Orkney
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND49SW 8066 unlocated
NLO: South Ronaldsay [name centred ND 44 87]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81]
Scapa Flow [name centred HY 36 00]
Nevi Skerry [name: ND 397 957].
Possibly on map sheets ND48NE, ND48SW, ND49NE, or ND49SE.
(Classified as schooner, with general cargo: date of loss cited as 14 March 1847). Magnet: this vessel sank near Soouth Ronaldshay [South Ronaldsay] after hitting Nevi Skerry. Capt. Stowe. Registration: Stromness. 335 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N58 50.0 W3 0.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location of this loss is unclear, and the map sheet assigned is accordingly essentially arbitrary. It remains uncertain on which side of this large island the vessel stranded.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 4 April 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 6891
Name : MAGNET
Latitude : 585000
Longitude : 30000
Registration : STROMNESS
Type : SCHOONER
Tonnage : 335
Loss Day : 14
Loss Month : 3
Loss Year : 1847
Comment : Sank near Soouth Ronaldshay after hitting Nevi Skerry. Capt. Stowe
Cargo : GENERAL