Reference
Date 1995
Event ID 918954
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/918954
Horizontal Datum = OGB
General water depth = 19
Circumstances of Loss Details
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A ship supposedly from the Spanish Armada was sank about 180 metres N of Collieston in August 1588 at a site now called St Catherine's Dub. Some cannons were recovered there during the last century.
Source: Underwater World Magazine, May 1967.
Surveying Details
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5 May 1967. Cannons have been raised from depths of 18.2 metres in the vicinity of St Catharine's Dub.
Source: The Wreck Hunters.
The approximate NGR is eastings 404300, northings 828500n, which converts to 57 20 50N, 001 55 43E. This is the legendary 'site of the wreck of the St Catharine, one of the ships of the Spanish Armada, 1588'. The site appears on NK02NW (1:10,000).
Hydrographic Office 1995.