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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 759781
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/759781
NK23SW 8001 2153 3313
N57 23.3 W1 38.5
NLO: Cruden Bay [name: NK 091 364]
Bay of Cruden [name centred NK 090 348].
See also ND90SE 8004, NK13SE 8011 and NK23SW 8002.
Formerly entered as NK23SW 8337
Quality of fix = PA
Horizontal Datum = UND
Circumstances of Loss Details
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HMS ORMONDE was sunk by aircraft.
Surveying Details
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4 February 1945 and 1 March 1945. The wreck's position is given as 57 23 18N, 001 38 30W.
31 July 1975. An obstruction or wreck was located by Decca Pipeline Survey at 57 24 03N, 001 37 12W.
Report by British Petroleum, Aberdeen.
See also 57 24.05N, 001 37.2W.
Hydrographic Office 1995.
(Classified as trawler: date of loss cited as 16 February 1941). HMS Ormonde: this vessel was sunk by aircraft.
Registration: London. 250grt. Length: 38m. Beam: 7m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 23.3 W1 38.5).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The identification of this 'obstruction or wreck' remains unconfirmed.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 25 February 2004.
