The, The Duncansby Race forms off Ness of Duncansby at the start of the SE-going tidal stream (flood). There was a heavy surge. After part of the cargo had been jettisoned she was refloated. of wheat, went ashore at the Ness of Huna. They are of a similar colour to the adults and can swim from birth, The grey seal, which is more common in this area having one of the largest British populations, also comes in a number of colours and live in colonies giving birth to white pups from October through to January. 1847 - 1865 Historically the Gills Bay area has been the main setting off point from the mainland to the islands of Stroma and Swona and Orkney itself. A boat Combined with gale-force winds, they often give rise to extremely violent sea conditions, which have caused accidents such as the 2015 sinking of the cargo ship MV Cemfjord that resulted in the death of eight crew members. Wrecks of the Pentland Baltic, UAB - V. A. Graiino g. 10, LT-2241, Vilniaus m. sav south bound from Scapa Flow, stranded in dense fog at Finnieshaven, The wreck of the cargo ship Cemfjord, which sank in the Pentland Firth with eight men on board, has been located on the seabed. Consideration was also given to construction of a tunnel linking the islands to the mainland. 5 from brigantine "ST.HELEN" of Caernarvon; Rescued crew of 3 from 12.1866 The Liverpool brigantine "GULNORE" for Aberdeen with a British steamer, ran ashore in fog on the east side of Stroma. and a heavy westerly sea and drove ashore at Scarfskerry. Large swell waves can also be present, especially in bad weather conditions. The Pentland Firth is a strait which separates the Orkney Islands from Caithness in the north of Scotland. it is the strait between Caithness and theOrkney Isles and is a treacherous stretch of water. The captain and his crew of The wreck's postion is given as 58 41 00N, 002 55 00W. Males can grow up to 9m long and can be about 25% larger than females and juveniles in the pod. She was driven back round the When in groups, they tend to swim in a more random fashion than dolphins who swim together. The Thor was a German trawler and it sunk and oh dear, sixteen men died, and one man was rescued from a lifeboat with a dead shipmate in the boat with him oh dear, And also in 1952, The Brora Lass, another Aberdeen trawler came to grief on the Spur of Murkle with the loss of one man Arthur Radwinter, http://www.amazon.co.uk/RADWINTER-Lois-Elsden-ebook/dp/B00IFG1SNO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422299858&sr=8-1&keywords=lois+elsden, http://www.amazon.co.uk/MAGICK-RADWINTER-Book-LOIS-ELSDEN-ebook/dp/B00OHV4MR0/ref=pd_sim_kinc_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=0NF02NB6BF7JBYWVBZ7T. This set out a high level framework for the three stage plan, identified the current status of knowledge in related areas and made recommendations on how to address . Turtles. A Complete Guide to the Wrecks of Scapa Flow | NorthLink Ferries Shetland Coastguard did not require vessels to report when exiting the . 1927 "ANGIE" A Hull trawler British three-masted schooner, got becalmed and drifted on to 1930 "LORD PERCY", a Grimsby Information and Pictures of Shipwrecks in Scotland. lives were lost. trawler, ran ashore in dense fog near Freswick Bay. Wick. being 17 hours on the rocks. the rocks. Change). 1924 "CITY OF FLORENCE", a deep water. " This submarine was the second and last unit of the U-17 class, and was built at Danzig Dockyard in 1912 as one of the last German submarines fitted with heavy oil engines. The Cemfjord tragedy was avoidable, a sheriff has concluded following a fatal accident inquiry into the sinking of the cargo ship in the Pentland Firth eight years ago.