What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Alex Hastings: Holms of Ire, Sanday, Orkney, North Sea as Steam Trawler (20th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
The *Alex Hastings* was a Scottish steam trawler lost in 1917 near the Holms of Ire, Sanday, Orkney, in the North Sea, likely due to enemy action during World War I. The vessel and its crew were lost, though exact details of the incident and number of casualties are not widely recorded.
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