Reference
Date 19 April 2012
Event ID 936412
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/936412
UKHO Identifier : 001097
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Distributed remains of wreck
State : DEAD
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 58.92778,-3.31333
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 58.92735,-3.31489
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Previous Position : 58.92778,-3.31055
Position Method : Horizontal sextant angle
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 6
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : URMSTONE GRANGE
Type : SS
Flag : BRITISH
Length : 103.6
Tonnage : 3423
Tonnage Type : Gross
Date Sunk : 22/09/1914
Contact Description : Notable debris
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Last Sensor : None reported
Original Detection Year : 1914
Last Detection Year : 1962
Original Source : Other
Last Source : Naval Vessel
Circumstances of Loss : **SUNK AS A BLOCKSHIP.
Surveying Details : **H3875/26 FOUR DWPS SHOWN IN BURRA SOUND ON 2568, 2180. THE LEGEND 'CHANNEL BLOCKED BY WRECKS' APPEARS ON WRECK CHARTS.
**H1094/56 27.2.56 DOCKETS RE SALVAGE. TRACINGS SUPPLIED.
**6.4.56 BLOCKSHIP DETAILS SHOWN ON C 8009/1-9EB. URMSTONE GRANGE IN 585540N, 031848W. ALSO ON E5835/1-5 03, E5560/1-5 03.
**H2515/56 13.4.56 REQUEST TO SALVAGE PROPELLER FROM URMSTONE GRANGE. (DOCKET CP53213/56).
**H2515/56 11.12.56 FURTHER REQUEST RE WRECK IN BURRA SOUND. (CP63872/56).
**H2515/56 15.8.62 URMSTONE GRANGE DISPERSED BY EXPLOSIVES. WRECK COMPLETELY SCATTERED AND SPREAD OVER THE SEABED. MINIMUM DEPTH OF 9FT OVER HIGHEST POINT OF WRECKAGE. FURTHER SURVEY RECOMMENDED WHEN SPRING TIDE MAY HAVE FURTHER SPREAD WRECKAGE. (BOMB AND MINE DISPOSAL OFFICER, SCOTTISH COMMAND, JULY 1962).
**24.2.75 WK NO LONGER SHOWN ON CHARTS. DETAILS SHOWN ON COPY OF CHART 35 IN FOLIO 32 - ARCHIVES.
**3.4.97 POSITION FOR FILING ONLY.
POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE
**5.11.10 NOT LOCATED BY M/B. (FATHOMS LTD, SCAPA SURVEY, POST SDC REPROCESSING). AMEND DEAD. NCA.
Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY
Date Last Amended : 05/11/2010
Date Position Last Amended : 22/07/1988
