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Reference
Date 19 April 2012
Event ID 935853
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/935853
UKHO Identifier : 000425
Feature Class : Wreck
State : DEAD
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 59.22361,-3.57917
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 59.22315,-3.58071
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 20
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : KINGSTON TURQUOISE
Type : S TRAWLER
Flag : BRITISH
Length : 57.6
Beam : 9.8
Draught : 0.0
Sonar Length : 246.0
Sonar Width : 57.4
Shadow Height : 9.7
Tonnage : 811
Tonnage Type : Gross
Date Sunk : 25/01/1965
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Original Detection Year : 1965
Original Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **BUILT IN 1955 BY COOK, WELTON & GEMMEL. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY KINGSTON STEAM TRAWLING CO. PASSAGE ICELANDIC FISHING GROUNDS FOR HULL. SANK AFTER GROUNDING ON NORTH SHOAL. LOSS OF TRAWLER BLAMED ON FAULTY & THOUGHTLESS NAVIGATION BY SKIPPER. ONE MAN LOST. (MSD).
Surveying Details : **H583/65 4.2.65 SANK AFTER GROUNDING ON NORTH SHOAL. (LL, & B OF T INQUIRY). POSN 591325N, 033445W [OGB] FOR FILING ONLY.
POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE
**HH091/072/01 2.5.06 NOT LOCATED, DISPROVED. (GARDLINE, HI 1072). NCA.
Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY
Date Last Amended : 02/05/2006
