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Reference
Date 19 April 2012
Event ID 935536
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/935536
UKHO Identifier : 000047
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Dangerous wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 60.16725,-1.14500
Horizontal Datum : ETRS 1989
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 60.16725,-1.14500
WGS84 Origin : Block Shift
Previous Position : 60.16778,-1.14305
Position Method : Electronic Distance Measuring System
Position Quality : Surveyed
Position Accuracy : 25.0
Depth : 7.1
Depth Method : Found by diver
Depth Quality : Least depth known
Water Depth : 12
Water Level Effect : Always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum : Mean Low Water Springs
Name : GIRDLENESS
Type : BARGE
Length : 18.0
Sonar Length : 18.3
Orientation : 160.0
Cargo : COAL
Date Sunk : ??/11/1941
Bottom Texture : Sand
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Last Sensor : Diver Sighting
Original Detection Year : 1941
Last Detection Year : 1980
Original Source : Other
Last Source : Survey Vessel
Circumstances of Loss : **VESSEL SANK AT MOORINGS AFTER DEVELOPING A LEAK. BEING USED AS A COAL BARGE. WOODEN HULL. (SIBI).
**SANK AFTER STRIKING HOLM OF CRUISTER. (OFF SCOTLAND).
Surveying Details : **SALVAGE ATTEMPT MADE IN 1942.
**H5353/45 22.11.45 WK 4FMS 5FT LIES 007DEG, 3.5C FROM LOOFA BAA BN. BUOYED. (ADMIRALTY). - NM 3704/45.
**H5353/45 13.10.59 BUOY REMOVED. (LERWICK HR, LETTER DTD 15.9.59).
**8.3.78 NOW CHARTED AS WK 8.8MTRS. NC 3290.
**H3050/72 21.5.80 LOCATED & EXAMINED BY DIVERS 12.12.79 IN 601004N, 010835W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 8.1MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 12MTRS. DIVERS REPORT OPEN HOLD BARGE, APPROX 60FT LONG, LYING 160/340DEG ON FINE SAND. HIGHEST POINT HATCH COVER AT S END. DEPTH MEASURED BY WIRE 7.1MTRS. (HMS HECLA, HI 32/79). AMEND TO WK 7.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN. - NM 1197/80.
POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE
**17.2.04 EUT POSN: 6010.035N, 0108.700W. NE 3271.
General Comments : INTACT, OPEN HOLD BARGE, LENGTH BY DIVER
