Archaeology Notes

Event ID 759201

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NT49NE 8001 4662 9610

N56 9.2833 W2 51.5583

NLO: Elie [name: NT 493 997]

Elie Ness [name: NT 496 993]

Kincraig Point [name: NT 465 995].

Formerly entered as Site no. 8132.

Quality of fix = 0015

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

Horizontal Datum = OGB

General water depth = 29

Orientation of keel/wreck = 010/190

Circumstances of Loss Details

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The vessel sank following a collision with the British super tanker SAN ZOTICO. It was taken in tow by a tug but sank shortly afterwards.

Surveying Details

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10 October 1943. Reported position of loss is 182 degrees, 3794 metres from Kincraig Fort.

28 July 1960. The wreck is located but not swept. The least clear water depth by echosounder is 27.4 metres.

24 May 1977. The site is known locally as the 6 fathom wreck. Source; Dunbar Coastguard.

6 August 1986. Visually inspected by divers and apparently now broken into 3 parts, which stand no more than 4 metres high in a general water depth of 30 metres. The position conversion from DECCA to Lat/Long gives 56 09 20N, 002 51 32W.

25 January 1994. The site was examined on the 22 August 1993 at 56 09 17.1N, 002 51 33.7W. The site swept clear at 25.4 metres, but fouled the wire at 25.8 metres. The least clear water depth by echosounder was 25.6 metres in a general water depth of 28.7-29.4 metres. A scour pit was observed to the depth of 29.5 metres. The side scan sonar trace gave the wreck's height at 4 metres, length 64 metres (210 feet), and breadth 15 metres (49 feet). The vessel is broken up, but the keel orientation is 010/190 degrees. Report by Oceonics (UK) Ltd.

Hydrographic Office 1995.