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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 757090
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/757090
NJ29SE 8001 2877 9468
N57 56.1667 W3 12.1833
NLO: Kinnaird Head [name: NJ 998 676].
Formerly entered as NJ29SE 8276.
See also NJ29SE 8002.
Quality of fix = EDM
Evidence = Echo sounder
Horizontal Datum = OGB
General water depth = 60
Orientation of keel/wreck = 110/290
Circumstances of Loss Details
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The PARAGON sank following collision with floating wreckage. Her class was given as 'dandy'.
Surveying Details
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4 August 1972. The vessel was in collision with other wreckage about 40 miles WNW of Kinnairds Head.
Source: Grimsby loss list.
16 Augsut 1972. A position of 57 56 00N, 003 13 00W was given.
24 Marhc 1986. Broken up wreckage was examined on 3 December 1985 in 57 56 10N, 003 12 11W. NGR eastings 328770, northings 894698. Trisponder ranges - Tarbatness lighthouse 34849 metres; Covesea lighthouse 24892 metres; Portknockie Pillar 33255 metres; Browlands Pillar 30293 metres. Decca (n scot) red f 16.60, green a 47.70, purple a 67.28. The least echosounder depth was 58 in a general depth of 60 metres. No scour pits were observed. The side scan sonar indicated a length of 45 metres (147 feet), lying with its keel orientated 110/290 degrees.
Report by HMS BEAGLE.
This is possibly too large to be a sailing dandy fishing vessel.
Hydrographic Office 1995.
