Kathe Niederkirchner: Muckle Skerry, Pentland Skerries, Pentland Firth
Cargo Vessel (20th Century), Motor Vessel (20th Century)
Site Name Kathe Niederkirchner: Muckle Skerry, Pentland Skerries, Pentland Firth
Classification Cargo Vessel (20th Century), Motor Vessel (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Kathie Niederkirchner; North Sea; Kathe Niederkirchner
Canmore ID 222259
Site Number ND47NE 8038
NGR ND 45954 78574
NGR Description ND c. 465 783
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/222259
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Maritime - Orkney
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND47NE 8038 c. 465 783
N58 41.4 W2 55.4
NLO: Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81]
Pentland Skerries [name centred ND 470 775]
Muckle Skerry [name centred ND 465 783].
(Classified as motor vessel, with cargo of sugar: date of loss cited as 23 August 1965). Kathie Niederkirchner: this vessel was wrecked [stranded] on Muckle Skerry, rolled over and sank. 5509grt?
Registration: Rostock. Built 1964. 8003grt. Length: 140m. Beam: 18m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 41.57 W2 55.8).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The inclusion of this wreck by Larn and Larn within both their sections DC ('North-east Scotland') and DD ('Orkney Islands') is anomalous. The Pentland Skerries fall within the administrative area of Orkney, and this wreck is assigned accordingly to the quasi-administrative area of Maritime - Orkney.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 9 October 2002.
R and B Larn 1998.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 2494
Name : KATHIE NIEDERKIRCHNER
Latitude : 584134
Longitude : 25548
Date Built : 1964
Registration : ROSTOCK
Type : MV
Tonnage : 8003
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 140
Beam : 18
Draught : 8m
Position : Exact Position
Loss Day : 23
Loss Month : 8
Loss Year : 1965
Comment : Wrecked on Muckle Skerry, rolled over and sank. 5509G?
Cargo : SUGAR
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 001224
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Dangerous wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 58.69194,-2.93250
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 58.69155,-2.93410
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Previous Position : 58.69278,-2.93000
Position Method : Electronic Distance Measuring System
Position Quality : Surveyed
Position Accuracy : 13.0
Depth : 7.2
Depth Method : Found by echo-sounder
Depth Quality : Least depth known
Water Depth : 16
Water Level Effect : Always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : KATHE NIEDERKIRCHNER
Type : M GENERAL CARGO
Flag : EAST GERMAN
Length : 142.3
Beam : 18.6
Draught : 7.3
Sonar Length : 100.0
Sonar Width : 15.0
Shadow Height : 8.0
Orientation : 70.0
Tonnage : 8003
Tonnage Type : Gross
Cargo : 10,000 TONS SUGAR
Date Sunk : 23/08/1965
Bottom Texture : Rock
Scour Depth : 1.0
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
