Reference
Date 19 April 2012
Event ID 936313
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
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UKHO Identifier : 000997
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Dangerous wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 58.84611,-3.19167
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 58.84570,-3.19323
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Method : Compass Bearing and Radar Range
Position Quality : Precisely known
Depth : 7.0
Depth Method : Found by echo-sounder
Depth Quality : Least depth known
Water Depth : 14
Water Level Effect : Always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : F2
Type : FLEET SLOOP
Flag : EX-GERMAN
Length : 79.2
Beam : 8.8
Tonnage : 1065
Tonnage Type : Displacement
Date Sunk : 30/12/1946
Contact Description : Partial wreck
Original Sensor : Observed Sinking
Last Sensor : Diver Sighting
Original Detection Year : 1947
Last Detection Year : 1999
Original Source : Other
Last Source : Divers
Circumstances of Loss : **BUILT IN 1936. A WW2 ESCORT VESSEL KNOWN AS A GELEITEBOOTE. CAPABLE OF 28KTS WITH A CREW OF 121. ARMAMENT OF 2 BY 105MM GUS AND ANTI AIRCRAFT WEAPONS. SANK AT MOORINGS IN GUTTER SOUND, SCAPA FLOW. WAS BEING WORKED FOR SALVAGE BY BARGE YC21 WHEN THAT VESSEL SANK NEARBY.
Surveying Details : **H302/47 16.1.47 POSN 585046N, 031130W, OR 353DEGS, 3575FT FROM N END GOLDEN WHARF, MARKED BY B CAN BUOY, FL.G2S. (FO ROSYTH). INS AS DWP WITH BUOY. - NM 86/47.
**H302/47 13.6.47 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK 4FMS, NOW MARKED BY G CAN BUOY, GPFL(2)G.10S. (FO ROSYTH). AMEND TO WK 4FMS, AMEND BUOY. - NM 1506/47.
**H3319/71 8.6.71 BUOY REPORTED TO BE 700FT E OF CHARTED POSN. (HMS HECATE, ROS DTD 22.5.71).
**BUOY HAD BEEN TEMP MOVED 17.7.69 TO POSN 188 DEG, 2.48M FROM CAVA MINOR LIGHT DURING SOME DISPERSAL OPS. (NLB, 24.6.71)
**SALVAGE WORK CARRIED OUT IN 1968. (SHIPWRECKS OF ORKNEY, SHETLAND & PENTLAND FIRTH).
**H4473/70 20.5.77 BUOY NOW R CAN, GP FL(2)R. (ORKNEY ISLANDS NM 11/77). AMEND BUOY. - NM 1255/77.
**8.12.77 AMEND TO WK 7MTRS. NC 35.
**H3319/71 26.1.82 FULL DETAILS OF F2 GIVEN. (NHB).
**H1310/82/4 4.2.82 BOW SECTION VIRTUALLY INTACT. MIDSHIPS AND AFTER SECTIONS HAVE BEEN HEAVILY BLASTED. LIES IN GEN DEPTH 18MTRS. (B. WINFIELD, 25.1.82).
**24.12.82 LIES ON PORT SIDE WITH DECK ALMOST VERTICAL AND WITH A SINGLE BARREL OPEN GUN TURRET IN PLACE. MAST ASTERN OF BRIDGE LIES WITH MASTHEAD EMBEDDED IN BOTTOM. AFTER PART OF WK EXTENSIVELY SMASHED. (BSAC WK REGISTER).
**H1310/85/10 13.3.85 BUOY REPD TO BE SOME 70 TO 100MTRS S OF WK. (B WINFIELD). NCA.
POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE
**HH100/351/16 12.10.00 LIES ON PORT SIDE AND IS HEAVILY SALVAGED FROM THE STERN TOWARDS THE BOWS. REPORTS HAVE THAT THE STERN IS STILL UPRIGHT ON THE SEABED AND IS IN REASONABLE CONDITION. BRIDGE AREA AND MAST HAVE COLLAPSED AND ARE NOW TO BE FOUND ON THE SEABED. YC21 SALVAGE BARGE IS SOME 20MTRS AWAY FROM THE KEEL. (T JOHNSON, LTR DTD 10.10.00). NCA.
General Comments : BOWS INTACT, ON PORT BEAM ENDS. STERN BROKEN UP
Chart Symbol : WK 7.0
Date Last Amended : 07/01/1983
