Early in the morning of 10 November 1930 this London-registered (?) Moor line steamer, (Messrs Runciman and Co. Newcastle), was driven ashore at Scarfskerry after her anchor cables parted in a Northerly gale with thunder and hail and a rough westerly sea running. Due to the prompt action of the Scarfskerry Life-saving company all the steamer's crew of 30, (one of whom belonged to Thurso), were safely brought ashore a little over an hour after the ship first stranded. The Linkmoor had been bound from Liverpool to Blyth in ballast, for repairs having grounded the previous month in Norway, (while enroute from Russia to Liverpool), where she had her bows patched up with wood and three tons of cement. She had anchored to wait for the tide before completing her transit of the Pentland Firth. With continuing bad weather the stranded steamer suffered major damage and after a week the salvors abandoned the case and returned to Leith.
A year later local residents complained of rats coming into their premises from the wreck and the owners were agreeable to sell the wreck for 10/- to anybody. By 1933 the Council were the owners and in 1934 a Mr Bracewell from Lancashire bought the ship for £1 and broke the vessel up, the scrap being taken to Thurso harbour on lorries.
As the wreck completely blocked the little harbour at Scarfskerry the bow section had to be blasted apart in 1935 to allow the harbour to be reopened. The boilers still remain to the west of the haven.
The cottage known as the "Moorings" right on the edge of the cliff had the ships wheel from the Linkmoor built into it.
The Linkmoor (ex Jedmead and Jedmoor), was built in 1913 by J.Blumer & Co. 3175 gross tons she was steel built and 331' x 47.7' x 22.5', (99m long by 14m wide). Her triple-expansion engines developing 291 nhp.
Today the wreck of the Linkmoor is well broken up with some parts drying at low tide. Her large rudder lies propped up against a cliff, with a gap in between through which a diver can swim.
A year later local residents complained of rats coming into their premises from the wreck and the owners were agreeable to sell the wreck for 10/- to anybody. By 1933 the Council were the owners and in 1934 a Mr Bracewell from Lancashire bought the ship for £1 and broke the vessel up, the scrap being taken to Thurso harbour on lorries.
As the wreck completely blocked the little harbour at Scarfskerry the bow section had to be blasted apart in 1935 to allow the harbour to be reopened. The boilers still remain to the west of the haven.
The cottage known as the "Moorings" right on the edge of the cliff had the ships wheel from the Linkmoor built into it.
The Linkmoor (ex Jedmead and Jedmoor), was built in 1913 by J.Blumer & Co. 3175 gross tons she was steel built and 331' x 47.7' x 22.5', (99m long by 14m wide). Her triple-expansion engines developing 291 nhp.
Today the wreck of the Linkmoor is well broken up with some parts drying at low tide. Her large rudder lies propped up against a cliff, with a gap in between through which a diver can swim.