Reference
Date 19 April 2012
Event ID 935588
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/935588
UKHO Identifier : 000099
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Dangerous wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 60.12003,-1.17748
Horizontal Datum : ETRS 1989
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 60.12003,-1.17748
WGS84 Origin : Block Shift
Previous Position : 60.12003,-1.17748
Position Quality : Precisely known
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 2
Vertical Datum : Mean Low Water Springs
Name : PIONERSK
Type : M FACTORY SHIP
Flag : RUSSIA
Length : 164.9
Beam : 21.3
Draught : 7.9
Orientation : 90.0
Tonnage : 10035
Tonnage Type : Gross
Date Sunk : 31/10/1994
Bottom Texture : Rock
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Last Sensor : Diver Sighting
Original Detection Year : 1994
Last Detection Year : 2000
Original Source : Other
Last Source : Divers
Circumstances of Loss : **RAN AGROUND STERN FIRST IN STRONG WINDS. 156 CREW RESCUED. (LL, 1.11.94).
**BUILT 1963 BY STOCZNIA GDANSKA IM. LENINA, WITH 5 CYLINDER OIL ENGINE, MACHINERY BY A/S BURMEISTER & WAIN'S MASKIN-OG, COPENHAGEN. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY USSR 'ZAPRYBA'. BROKE FROM HER MOORING IN HEAVY WEATHER, DROVE ASHORE ON NESS OF TREBISTER, BROKE IN TWO. ALL CREW OF 137 SAFE. (SIBI, SHIPWRECKS OF THE N OF SCOTLAND [PHOTO OF GROUNDING], & OFF SCOTLAND).
Surveying Details : **HH270/400/06 5.11.94 VESSEL AGROUND IN 600712N, 011024W [OGB]. (MRSC SHETLAND TELEX DTD 31.10.94 & LL).
**HH270/400/06 8.11.94 VESSEL REPORTED IN 600714N, 011032W [OGB]. (TELECON HANNAFORD/LERWICK HBR MSTR. REPORT FROM MV 'FORTH EXPLORER' DTD 8.11.94). - NM 3998/94.
**HH270/400/06 13.2.95 VESSEL REPORTED AS 'BROKE UP ON 18.1.95, LEAVING NO VISIBLE SIGNS ON THE SURFACE.' (FISHING NEWS, 2.95) TELECON MRSC SHETLAND/W.O. CONFIRMED THAT SMALL PIECES ARE STILL VISIBLE. NCA.
**HH270/400/06 13.2.96 WK NOW TOTALLY SUBMERGED IN 600714N, 011032W [OGB]. (LERWICH HARBOUR TRUST, LETTER DTD 16.11.95). - NM 883/96.
POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE
**3.3.00 WK IS MOSTLY BROKEN UP, WITH INTACT SECTIONS OF HOLD. TIP OF THE BOWS BREAKS THE SURFACE. (DIVER MAGAZINE MAR '00).
**18.2.04 EUT POSN: 6007.202N, 0110.649W. NE 3271.
**18.3.09 BOW IN LESS THAN 10MTRS, STERN IN 22MTRS. LYING E/W, BOWS E. DERRICKS & MAIN MAST LIE ACROSS WK. STERN MOST INTACT PART OF WK. (SHIPWRECKS OF N OF SCOTLAND, BAIRD)
Chart Symbol : DW
Date Last Amended : 19/08/2008
Date Position Last Amended : 18/02/2004
