Evidence Of Loss

Date 1995

Event ID 585643

Category Recording

Type Evidence Of Loss

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/585643

Horizontal Datum = OGB

General water depth = 12

Circumstances of Loss Details

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This Catalina Flying Boat sank at its moorings during World War II.

Surveying Details

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23 December 1980. The broken up remains of a Consolidated PBY, Catalina Flying Boat are reported at 55 47 12N, 004 53 42W, lying between the National Watersports Centre and the ferry terminal at north end of the centre's mooring trot.

Source; BSAC Wreck Register, Vol III.

12 May 1986. The wreck was not found during survey, but it was not especially searched for.

Report by HMS GLEANER.

Hydrographic Office, 1995.