Evidence Of Loss

Date 1995

Event ID 587154

Category Recording

Type Evidence Of Loss

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/587154

Quality of fix = HSA

Evidence = Swept by Wire(Two Ship/Boat Drift/Drag Sweep)

Horizontal Datum = OGB

General water depth = 8

Orientation of keel/wreck = NS

Circumstances of Loss Details

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The steamship MONCOUSU was used as an ammunition storage ship. It was damaged during a German air attack on 29 April 1941 and sank the next day. It was refloated and towed to the Sound of Gigha for use as a bombing target. It was sunk on 5 January 1942.

Sources: Lloyds War Losses, Britain's Sea War.

Surveying Details

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31 August 1945. A stranded wreck was reported at 55 42 20N, 005 40 08W, approximately by the Admiralty.

24 April 1957. The wreck is no longer visible.

Report by HM Trawler IRIS.

2 December 1959. The wreck was located at 55 42 38N, 005 39 49W. It was swept by a 2 boat drift sweep. The wreck cleared at 4.8 metres but fouled at 6 metres. The least echosounder depth was 5.5 metres in a general depth of 7.9 metres. A scour was observed to 3.6 metres deep. The seabed is sand. The wreck lies with its keel on an orientation of 000/180 degrees.

Report by HMS SHACKLETON, 20 October 1959.

6 May 1969. Reported as no longer used as a bombing target.

Hydrographic Office, 1995.