Reference
Date 19 April 2012
Event ID 936515
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/936515
UKHO Identifier : 001221
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Wreck showing any portion of hull or superstructure
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 58.67500,-2.90750
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 58.67460,-2.90911
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Method : Air photography
Position Quality : Precisely known
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : -1
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : BEN BARVAS
Type : TRAWLER
Flag : BRITISH
Orientation : 45.0
Tonnage : 235
Tonnage Type : Gross
Conspic Visual : Visually conspicuous
Date Sunk : 04/01/1964
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Observed Sinking
Last Sensor : Video Sensor
Original Detection Year : 1964
Last Detection Year : 1999
Original Source : Other
Last Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **RAN AGROUND ON ROCKS ON S SIDE OF LITTLE SKERRY IN HEAVY SEAS. CREW RESCUED.
Surveying Details : **H657/64 3.2.64 AGROUND ON S SIDE OF LITTLE SKERRY IN 584030N, 025427W. (LLOYDS LIST, WICK RADIO SIGNALS DTD 4 & 5.1.64).
**H1270/72 19.12.77 LYING ON PORT SIDE, BOWS NE, ON E EXTREMITY OF LITTLE SKERRY. COMPLETELY HIGH & DRY. (COASTGUARD MAGAZINE OCT'77, PHOTO ON BACK COVER). INS AS ST IN 584030N, 025427W. BR STD.
**H2925/83 14.1.85 CONFIRMED POSN. LIES ON ITS PORT SIDE AND BEGINNING TO BREAK UP - A LARGE SECTION OF HULL HAVING BEEN RIPPED APART BY HEAVY SEAS. (BUE SUBSEA, HI 204). NCA.
**17.7.87 AMEND TO ST (CONSPIC). NES 2581, 2162.
**19.5.93 AMEND TO ST (WRECK). NE 115.
POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE
**14.9.99 HULL GENERALLY INTACT BUT BOW SECTION IS TWISTED TO PORT FWD OF THE BRIDGE. ENGINE SECTION HAS DROPPED RIGHT THROUGH THE VESSEL. (FISHING NEWS DTD 3.9.99). NCA.
Chart Symbol : ST CONSPIC
Date Last Amended : 14/09/1999
