Reference
Date 19 April 2012
Event ID 935528
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/935528
UKHO Identifier : 000039
Feature Class : Wreck
State : DEAD
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 60.04583,-1.37778
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 60.04532,-1.37968
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 30
Vertical Datum : Mean Low Water Springs
Name : SAINT KENTIGERN
Type : MV
Flag : BRITISH
Length : 49.7
Beam : 8.8
Draught : 3.0
Tonnage : 469
Tonnage Type : Gross
Cargo : STONE
Date Sunk : 03/11/1979
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Last Sensor : None reported
Original Detection Year : 1979
Last Detection Year : 1980
Original Source : Other
Last Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **BUILT IN 1973 BY J W COOK & CO (WIVENHOE) LTD, WIVENHOE, WITH 6 CYLINDER OIL ENGINE OF 469 BHP. MACHINERY AFT, BY MIRRLEES BLACKSTONE LTD, STANFORD. 1 X DECK, BOW RAMP. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY J & A GARDNER & CO LTD, GLASGOW. (SIBI). PASSAGE BONAWE FOR MID YELL. RAN ASHORE AT KETTLA NESS, W BURRA ISLAND, SHETLAND IN FORCE 9-10 WESTERLY WINDS. SANK ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. (LL).
Surveying Details : **H3050/72 21.11.79 RAN AGROUND AT KETTLA NESS, & SANK. NO SIGN OF VESSEL AT GROUNDING SITE. (LLOYDS VOL.238). POSN APPROX 600245N, 012240W [OGB]. POSN NOT CLEAR, BUT OBVIOUSLY VERY CLOSE INSHORE. NCA.
**10.2.80 USED TO CARRY HEAVY LOADS & VEHICLES. FILLED BOW RAMP. KEEL TO TRUCK MEASUREMENT APPROX 17MTRS. (SEA BREEZES JAN '80).
**22.7.80 STATED BY A CARTER NOT TO BE ON W BURRA. (SCOTTISH DIVER, MAY/JUN '80).
POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE
**HH091/322/01 12.7.10 NOT SIGHTED. NOT LOCATED BY M/B IN SURVEY AREA. (MARIN MATTEKNIK, HI 1322). AMENDED TO DEAD. NCA.
Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY
Date Last Amended : 12/07/2010
