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Reference
Date 19 April 2012
Event ID 936262
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/936262
UKHO Identifier : 000933
Feature Class : Wreck
State : DEAD
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 58.65000,-3.05000
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 58.64961,-3.05158
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 2
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : HMS SALVAGE KING
Type : S TUG
Flag : BRITISH
Tonnage : 1164
Tonnage Type : Gross
Date Sunk : 12/09/1940
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Original Detection Year : 1940
Original Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **BUILT IN 1925 BY BOW, MCLACHLAN & CO LTD, PAISLEY. HIRED IN 1940 AS A SALVAGE TUG. TWO BOILERS, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 396NHP, SINGLE SHAFT. GROUNDED W OF DUNCASBY HEAD. (WW2SL & SIBI).
Surveying Details : **H3108/40 POSN 583900N, 030300W.
**HH2925/83 21.1.85 NOT REFERRED TO IN ROS. (BUA SUBSEA, HI 204). NCA.
Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY
Date Last Amended : 21/02/2005
