Archaeology Notes

Event ID 760114

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NT96SE 8001 c. 979 600

N55 50 W2 2

NLO: Burnmouth [name: NT 954 609]

Ross Point [name: NT 967 603]

Eyemouth [name: NT 945 644].

Location formerly entered as NT 9791 6000.

Quality of fix = PA

Evidence = Estimated

Horizontal Datum = UND

General water depth = 26

Circumstances of Loss Details

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The vessel was captured & sunk by a German submarine.

Source: Word War I Shipping Loses

Surveying Details

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24 March 1919. The sinking position is given as 55 50 00N, 002 02 00W.

Source: Senior Naval Officer, Granton.

6 January 1970. The site was not found, although various obstacles in area were dived upon. They were all found to be rock outcrops.

Report by J Burler, 30 January 1970.

2 October 1986.The site is mentioned as in a general depth of 23 metres, but was never located in 'Shipwrecks around Great Britain' by Leo Zanelli, published 1970.

Hydrographic Office 1995.

(Classified as steel steamship with general cargo : date of loss cited as 23 April 1917). This vessel was captured and sunk by submarine, possibly in 120ft off Burnmouth or in 76ft SE of Ross Point.

I G Whittaker 1998.