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MHG45988 - Lord Percy: Piggy Skerry, Stroma, Pentland Firth

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NMRS Report: (23/04/2007 15:11:30)
ND37NW 8042 c. 34 77
N58 41 W3 8

NLO: Island of Stroma [name: ND 35 77]
Swona [name: ND 390 843]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].

Possibly on map sheet ND38NE or ND38SE.

Formerly entered as ND38SE 8013 at cited location ND c. 38 84 [N58 44 W3 4].

(Classified as steam trawler: date of loss cited as 4 June 1930). Lord Percy: this vessel stranded on Piggy Skerry, on the West side of Stroma.
Registration: Grimsby. Built 1911. 215grt. Length: 36m. Beam: 7m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 41.0 W3 8.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.

Ridley cites an alternative location on the W side of Swona, and thus within the quasi-administrative area designated as Maritime - Orkney. The location cited by Whittaker is preferred.
Piggy Skerry is not noted as such on the 1998 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map off either island.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 23 April 2007.
G Ridley 1992; I G Whittaker 1998.

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Grid reference	Centred ND 34 77 (20m by 20m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	ND37NW

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