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Reference
Date 19 April 2012
Event ID 936406
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/936406
UKHO Identifier : 001091
Feature Class : Obstn
Obstruction Category : Foul ground
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 58.89735,-3.18280
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 58.89693,-3.18437
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Previous Position : 58.89778,-3.16833
Position Quality : Precisely known
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 30
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : GROSSER KURFURST
Type : BATTLESHIP
Flag : GERMAN
Length : 176.8
Beam : 29.6
Draught : 8.5
Tonnage : 25390
Tonnage Type : Displacement
Date Sunk : 21/06/1919
Contact Description : Notable debris
Original Sensor : Observed Sinking
Last Sensor : Acoustic Sensor
Original Detection Year : 1919
Last Detection Year : 2010
Original Source : Other
Last Source : Survey Vessel
Circumstances of Loss : **SCUTTLED.
Surveying Details : **H8464/19 DWP (1919), LEAST DEPTH 5FMS, SHOWN IN 585352N, 031006W ON SURVEY [C7953]. INS AS DWP 5FMS (1919). BR STD.
**H62229/23 13.7.23 INS ON NE 3729. NM TO BRING SCALES INTO LINE. - NM 1523/23.
**H5373/31 25.7.31 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK IS NOW 6.25FMS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).
**H5326/33 29.6.34 WILL POSSIBLY BE SALVED. SOLD TO METAL INDUSTRIES LTD.
**H3348/35 20.8.35 NO WORK PROCEEDING YET (20.8.35), BUT WRECK MENTIONED IN LETTER IN H3348/35. (KHM INVERGORDON).
**H2294/37 16.4.37 OPERATION COMMENCED. (KHM INVERGORDON). - TNM 585/37.
**H2294/37 5.5.38 RECOMMEND POSN BE CHARTED AS FOUL ANCHORAGE. (KHM INVERGORDON). AMENDED TO FOUL ANCHORAGE (1938) - NM 947/38.
**H2294/37 20.5.38 NOW DISPERSED OFF LYNESS. (METAL INDUSTRIES LTD).
**RAISED 29.4.38. (JUTLAND TO JUNKYARD, S.C. GEORGE).
**16.10.79 NOW CHARTED AS FOUL GROUND. NC 35.
POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE
**29.1.05 LEGEND: 'FOUL GROUND' SHOWN BETWEEN ON 5953.804N, 0310.231W [WGD] ON BA 35 [EDN 5 DTD 27.3.03].
**7.10.10 LOCATED BY M/B IN LISTED POSN WHICH IS EAST END OF SCOUR. (FATHOMS LTD, POST SDC BATHY REPROCESSING). COVERED BY LEGEND 'FOUL GROUND'. NCA.
General Comments : SEE CHART FOR LIMITS OF LEGEND
Chart Symbol : F
Charting Comments : LEGEND: 'FOUL GROUND', FOUL NOT CHARTED
Date Last Amended : 07/10/2010
Date Position Last Amended : 28/01/2005
