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Reference
Date 19 April 2012
Event ID 935892
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/935892
UKHO Identifier : 000487
Feature Class : Wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 59.28333,-2.38333
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 59.28288,-2.38504
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Previous Position : 59.28333,-2.41667
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 10
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : HMS GOLDFINCH
Type : DESTROYER
Flag : BRITISH
Length : 75.3
Beam : 7.6
Draught : 2.7
Tonnage : 747
Tonnage Type : Displacement
Date Sunk : 19/02/1915
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Original Detection Year : 1915
Original Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **AN H CLASS DESTROYER. BUILT IN 1910 BY FAIRFIELD CO, GLASGOW. STEAM TURBINES OF 13500 SHP, TWIN SHAFT. 2 X 4 INCH, 2 X 12 PDR AND 1 X 3 PDR GUNS. 2 TORPEDO TUBES. PASSAGE FROM SCAPA FLOW. RAN ASHORE IN DENSE FOG. SOLD TO SALVORS 4.1919. (SIBI).
Surveying Details : **DOCKET BD 71/52 24.4.52 VESSEL HOLED & STRANDED ASHORE AT START POINT, SANDAY, ORKNEY IS. (SIGNAL DTD 19.2.15).
**N/CP 56200/76 9.11.76 WK WAS SOLD IN 1919. (MIN OF DEFENCE - NAVY CONTRACTS).
**H1310/86/20 7.8.86 REMAINS REPORTED TO LIE JUST TO THE NW OF START POINT. (B WINFIELD, 26.7.86). POSN 591700N, 022300W FOR FILING ONLY.
POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE
**HH091/137/01 6.11.09 NOT SIGHTED. UNABLE TO SURVEY IN SHALLOW WATER. (NETSURVEY, HI 1137). NCA.
Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY
Date Last Amended : 06/04/2001
Date Position Last Amended : 21/08/1986
