Reference
Date 19 April 2012
Event ID 936346
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/936346
UKHO Identifier : 001030
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Dangerous wreck
State : LIVE
Status : Historic
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 58.85750,-3.10583
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 58.85708,-3.10742
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Method : Electronic Distance Measuring System
Position Quality : Precisely known
Depth : 14.2
Depth Method : Found by echo-sounder
Depth Quality : Least depth known
Water Depth : 30
Water Level Effect : Always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : HMS VANGUARD
Type : BATTLESHIP
Flag : BRITISH
Length : 171.6
Beam : 25.6
Draught : 8.2
Orientation : 160.0
Tonnage : 19250
Tonnage Type : Displacement
Date Sunk : 09/07/1917
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Last Sensor : Diver Sighting
Original Detection Year : 1917
Last Detection Year : 1975
Original Source : Other
Last Source : Divers
Markers : E CARD, VQ(3)5S, 200MTRS E.
Circumstances of Loss : **BUILT IN 1909 BY VICKERS. A DREADNOUGHT BATTLESHIP. BABCOCK BOILERS, TURBINE ENGINES OF 24500IHP FOR 22 KNOTS. TEN 12 INCH, EIGHTEEN 4 INCH AND FOUR 3 PDR GUNS. THREE TORPEDO TUBES. SANK AFTER INTERNAL EXPLOSIONS WHILE ANCHORED 1M NNE OF FLOTTA. LOSS CONSIDERED TO BE CAUSED BY DETERIORATION OF STOCKS OF HIGH EXPLOSIVES. OF COMPLEMENT OF 670, 3 WERE SAVED OF WHOM ONE DIED LATER.
