Svecia: Reef Dyke, North Ronaldsay, Orkney, North Sea

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Svecia: Reef Dyke, North Ronaldsay, Orkney, North Sea as East Indiaman (18th Century)-(1740), Swedish East Indiaman (18th Century)-(1740). 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 *Svecia* was a Swedish East Indiaman built in 1740 that was wrecked in 1749 on Reef Dyke, North Ronaldsay, Orkney, in the North Sea. All 23 crew members were lost, and the ship was carrying a valuable cargo of textiles and porcelain; the wreck is significant as a rare example of an 18th-century Swedish merchant vessel in Scottish waters.