The Auxiliary Schooner Langanes, (KG363), of the Faroe Islands, under command of Master Daniel Jacob Mortonson, was en-route from the Faroes to Aberdeen with cargo of 60 tons of fish, when she dragged her anchor, (or her cable parted), during a South Easterly gale and heavy seas at Scrabster Roadstead, 120 yards South West of Holburn Head Lighthouse. Her crew of seven were saved and landed by Thurso lifeboat, HCJ at 15.20pm, (the lifeboat having been damaged during the rescue when she was thrown against the schooner).
The wreck of the Langanes was reported at 58 37 00N, 003 31 00W or on a bearing of 186 degrees and 500 metres from the Little Head light, Thurso Bay, but on 25 March 1942 the wreck was dispersed. On 16 May 1977 the wreck was not found despite a sidescan search.
Classified as a smack, the Langanes former name was cited as the Ludulf Eide.
The wreck of the Langanes was reported at 58 37 00N, 003 31 00W or on a bearing of 186 degrees and 500 metres from the Little Head light, Thurso Bay, but on 25 March 1942 the wreck was dispersed. On 16 May 1977 the wreck was not found despite a sidescan search.
Classified as a smack, the Langanes former name was cited as the Ludulf Eide.