Reference
Date 19 April 2012
Event ID 936147
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/936147
UKHO Identifier : 000794
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Wreck showing any portion of hull or superstructure
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 58.25028,-5.19222
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 58.24989,-5.19349
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Method : Compass Bearing and Radar Range
Position Quality : Precisely known
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 12
Vertical Datum : Mean Low Water Springs
Name : BERMUDA
Type : M PASSENGER VESSEL
Flag : BERMUDA
Length : 160.3
Beam : 22.6
Draught : 13.7
Tonnage : 19086
Tonnage Type : Gross
Date Sunk : 30/04/1933
Bottom Texture : Sand
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Observed Sinking
Last Sensor : Video Sensor
Original Detection Year : 1933
Last Detection Year : 1982
Original Source : Other
Last Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **BUILT IN 1927 BY WORKMAN CLARK OF BELFAST. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE BERMUDA & WEST INDIES SS CO. WAS BURNT OUT AT BELFAST ON 19.11.31. PURCHASED BY METAL INDUSTRIES LTD AND LEFT BELFAST ON 27.4.33 IN TOW FOR ROSYTH TO BE
BROKEN UP. BROKE TOW AND DRIFTED ASHORE. BECAME A TOTAL LOSS.
Surveying Details : **H3973/33 POSN 581503N, 051130W [OGB], OR 187DEGS, 3.75C FROM EILEAN LEAH. (HMS BEAUFORT, HN). INS AS STF (HT 40FT).
**H5930/56 27.9.56 AMEND TO ST. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) NC 1794.
**15.1.82 STILL VISIBLE. LYING IN 12MTRS. THREE LARGE PIECES REMAIN AFTER EXTENSIVE SALVAGE. STERN RECOGNISABLE. STEEL PROPELLOR REMAINS. (BSAC WK REGISTER, VOL 4).
General Comments : IN THREE PARTS
Chart Symbol : ST
Date Last Amended : 20/03/2001
