Reference
Date 19 April 2012
Event ID 936281
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/936281
UKHO Identifier : 000956
Feature Class : Wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 58.74775,-3.06600
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 58.74734,-3.06759
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Previous Position : 58.74778,-3.05972
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 2
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : PENNSYLVANIA
Type : SS
Flag : BRITISH
Length : 108.0
Beam : 14.9
Draught : 7.9
Tonnage : 3759
Tonnage Type : Gross
Cargo : GENERAL INC COPPER
Date Sunk : 27/07/1931
Contact Description : Notable debris
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Last Sensor : Diver Sighting
Original Detection Year : 1931
Last Detection Year : 1972
Original Source : Other
Last Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **BULT IN 1907 BY W DOBSON & CO, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY DET FORENEDE DAMPS, SELSK. THREE BOILERS, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 361NHP, SINGLE SHAFT. MACHINERY BY NE MARINE ENGINE CO LTD, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYEN. PASSAGE NEW YORK FOR COPENHAGEN. STRUCK ROCKS AND SANK IN FOG. LATER BROKE UP AND BECAME A CTL. (SIBI).
Surveying Details : **H5986/31 26.8.31 POSN 584430N, 030400W. (LL, 21.8.31).
**25.2.72 REPORTED IN 584452N, 030335W ON W SIDE OF SWONA ISLAND, JUST BELOW & TO THE W OF A ROCK PINNACLE WHICH IS AWASH AT LW. FROM PINNACLE TO WK A DROP OF 40FT. THE SEABED THEN SLOPES STEEPLY TO 90FT. STERN, PROP SHAFT, ENGINES & KEEL LIE AT BASE OF PINNACLE & PARTS SCATTERED DOWN THE SLOPE WESTWARD. LITTLE OF WK LEFT & GREATER PART COVERED WITH THICK SEA WHIP. OWNED BY SYNDICATE OF FARMERS & FISHERMEN OF WICK. (UNDERMARINE OPERATIONS LTD, 1971). NCA.
General Comments : ONLY FRAGMENTS REMAIN
Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY
Date Last Amended : 31/01/2005
Date Position Last Amended : 31/01/2005
