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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

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