What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Tennessee: Roanaby, Deerness, Orkney, North Sea as Motor Ship (20th Century)-(1940), Motor Vessel (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.
Motor vessel *Tennessee* was lost in 1940 near Roanaby, Deerness, Orkney, in the North Sea, likely during World War II. The exact circumstances of its loss, number of casualties, and cargo are not specified, but its wreck is recorded as a historically significant 20th-century maritime casualty in Scottish waters.
The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
Places near here
Boulder storm beachBeach · 1430 yd
Skaill Church, Orkney MainlandChurch, cross or graveyard · 1478 yd
Point of AyreEnclosure (post Medieval) · 1495 yd
War MemorialMemorial · 1503 yd
Skaill, St Ninian's ChurchChurch (19th Century) · 1518 yd
Boulder beachBeach · 1693 yd
QuoysSettlement (norse) · 1.2 mi
Deerness DistilleryHeritage attraction · 1.3 mi
BreckanNo Class (event) (period Unknown) · 1.9 mi
Horse of CopinsayIslet · 2.3 mi
A clinically sculpted cave on the Horse of CopinsayCave · 2.3 mi
The Chapel on the Brough of DeernessVisitor information · 2.3 mi