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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 760298
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/760298
NJ90SE 8002 9560 0123
N57 6.1333 W2 4.2
NLO: Cove [name: NJ 950 015]
Cove Bay [name: NJ 947 015]
Aberdeen [name: NJ 95 05].
Formerly entered as NJ90SE 8287.
Horizontal Datum = OGB
Circumstances of Loss Details
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The TREBARTHA was bombed by aircraft 4 miles SE of Aberdeen.
Source: World War II Shipping Loses.
The TREBARTHA was bombed and then went ashore off Cove Bay,and broke in two.
Report by J Thompson, Stonehaven.
Surveying Details
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16 August 1972. The wreck's approximate position is given as 57 04 40N, 001 57 58W.
30 November 1977. The wreck's position is given as 57 06 08N, 002 04 12W and hard against rocks in a depth of 12.1 metres. The wreck is in two parts about 15 metres apart.
Report by letter from R Day.
30 March 1980. The wreck is well broken up and scattered around a line of rocks which nearly cover at high water springs. The engine and boilers stand about 4.5 metres high, but present no hazard to navigation because of the nearby rocks. There is also a 4-bladed cast iron propeller nearby.
Report by J Thompson, Stonehaven.
Hydrographic Office 1995.
(Classified as steel steamship: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 11 November 1940). Trebartha: [this vessel was] bombed by aircraft 4 miles SE of Aberdeen (at N57 7.45 W1 57.00), but came ashore.
Registration: St Ives. Built 1920. 4597grt. Length: 120ft. Beam: 16m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 6.13 W2 4.20).
I G Whittaker 1998.
