Reference
Date 19 April 2012
Event ID 936121
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/936121
UKHO Identifier : 000765
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Wreck showing any portion of hull or superstructure
State : DEAD
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 58.25444,-6.17167
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 58.25405,-6.17280
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Quality : Precisely known
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 2
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : WYRE LAW
Type : STEAM TRAWLER
Flag : BRITISH
Length : 41.2
Beam : 7.2
Draught : 3.8
Tonnage : 313
Tonnage Type : Gross
Cargo : BALLAST
Date Sunk : 23/10/1952
Bottom Texture : Rock
Contact Description : Notable debris
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Last Sensor : Video Sensor
Original Detection Year : 1953
Last Detection Year : 1977
Original Source : Other
Last Source : Survey Vessel
Circumstances of Loss : **STEEL STEAM TRAWLER, EX- LOWTHER ['48], EX- MILETUS, BUILT 1915 BY LIVINGSTONE & COOPER LTD., HESSLE, HULL WITH 3 CYLINDER TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 84HP, SINGLE SHAFT, 1 BOILER, MACHINERY BY C.D. HOLMES & CO. LTD., HULL. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY WYRE STEAM TRAWLING CO LTD. GROUNDED ON ROCKS AT BROAD BAY, ISLE OF LEWIS. (SIBI)
Surveying Details : **H7022/52 1.5.53 POSN 581516N, 061018W. (EDINBURGH, NLB). INS AS ST. BR STD.
**H1941/76 21.6.77 EXISTS IN CHARTED POSN, MUCH BROKEN UP & NOT VISIBLE FROM SEAWARD EXCEPT FROM BOATS CLOSE TO ROCKS. (HMS HECLA, ROS DTD 13.3.77). DELETE. BR STD.
Chart Symbol : ST
Date Last Amended : 27/05/2004
