While outward bound for the fishing grounds, the Granton registered steam trawler 'Euclase' (GN 51) ran aground in dense fog.  At 7.28am the coastgaurd reported a trawler ashore at Ness Head and the Wick lifeboat 'City of Edinburgh' was launched at 7.50am.  Cautiously coxswain Stewart headed north, the dense fog hampering the search for the trawler, but eventually she was found half-a-mile north of Skirza Head, with a motor-boat and another trawler standing-by.  An attempt was made to pull the 'Euclase' clear, but this failed and so the lifeboat went alongside and rescued 10 of the crew, the Skipper, Capt. Patterson and the Chief Engineer remaining on board.  At the Skipper's request, the lifeboat then stood-by the stranded trawler, the hope being that she would refloat on the high-tide, but as the weather worsened and the trawler began to list heavily, the lifeboat went back alongside and rescued the last 2 men, landing them all at 5.20pm.  She became a total loss.

Built in 1931 she was 39m long by 7m wide and 294 tons gross.

Another report says she went ashore on the Baxter Rock, south of the Stacks of Duncansby. What is certain is that what looks like the boiler from the Euclase can be seen on the beach south of the Duncansby Stacks near to the Baxter Rock.

Possible position 58 37 75N, 03 02 00W.