What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Salvage King: Ness of Duncansby, Pentland Firth as Steam Tug (20th Century)-(1940). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
The *Salvage King* was a 20th-century steam tug that was lost in 1940 near the Ness of Duncansby in the Pentland Firth, Scotland. The exact circumstances of its loss, including whether any lives or cargo were lost, are not well documented, but its wreck remains a recorded maritime casualty of the early wartime period.
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Places near here
Roberts HavenMidden (viking), Settlement (viking) · 480 yd
Ness of DuncansbyNaust (modern) · 486 yd
Robert's HavenBuilding (period Unassigned), Midden (period Unassigned) · 521 yd
John O'groats HarbourHarbour (period Unassigned) · 1344 yd
The nomadic boulders of John O'GroatsVisitor information · 1359 yd
John o' Groats Tourist InformationVisitor information · 1384 yd
Ha' of DuncansbyBattle Site (period Unknown)(possible), Burial Ground (norse)(possible), Axehead (flint)(period Unassigned) · 1523 yd
Geo of SclaitesBay · 1.1 mi
Gibbs CraigIsland · 1.2 mi
The KneeIsland · 1.2 mi
Scarton PointHeadland · 2.5 mi
Bay of SannickUnidentified Flint(s) (flint)(period Unassigned) · 877 yd