Country: | Scotland |
Official Name: | Torrisdale |
Gaelic Name: | Tòrrasdal |
Os Grid Reference: | NC676615 |
Map Type: | Sutherland |
Coordinates: | 58.5219°N -4.2744°W |
Postcode District: | KW14 7 |
Postcode Area: | KW |
Torrisdale is a remote hamlet on the western shore of Torrisdale Bay in Sutherland, Highland, on the north coast of Scotland. It is 3km (02miles) west of Bettyhill.
On 5 May 1942, the American Liberty ship SS John Randolph struck a mine en route from northern Russia to Iceland. The forepart was salved but broke tow on 1 September 1952 and was wrecked at Torrisdale Bay on 5 September, where the wreckage remains on the beach and is uncovered at low tide.[1] [2] [3]