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Reference
Date 19 April 2012
Event ID 936535
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/936535
UKHO Identifier : 001244
Feature Class : Wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 58.83889,-2.89917
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 58.83847,-2.90078
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Method : Compass Bearing and Radar Range
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 10
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : GONDOLIER
Type : BLOCKSHIP
Flag : BRITISH
Tonnage : 173
Tonnage Type : Gross
Date Sunk : 21/03/1940
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Original Detection Year : 1940
Original Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **BUILT IN 1866 AS A PADDLE STEAMER. ONE BOILER, COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE. FORMALLY OWNED BY DAVID MACBRAYNE LTD, THE CALEDONIAN CANAL SERVICE, SUNK AS A BLOCKSHIP BUT ROLLED OVER WHILE FILLING AND SANK IN DEEP WATER. (WKS OF SCAPA FLOW, DIVE SCAPA FLOW & SIBI).
Surveying Details : **H2496/72 14.3.72 POSN 585020N, 025357W, OR 180.5DEG, 2750FT FROM SPOT HEIGHT (107) ON BURRAY. ENTIRE SHELL OF HULL INTACT BUT DECKS AND SUPERSTRUCTURE MISSING. ENGINE & FITTINGS SALVAGED. PADDLE WHEELS GONE. HIGHEST PART IS BOILER ABOUT 8FT HIGH & 8FT BELOW SURFACE AT LW. (UNDERMARINE OPERATIONS, 5.3.72). INS AS DWP. BR STD.
**20.8.80 COVERED BY 'BLOCKSHIPS SEE NOTE' LEGEND ON NE 2162.
**1.9.92 STATED TO HAVE ROLLED OVER & SUNK IN DEEP WATER. (WKS OF SCAPA FLOW).
Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY
Date Last Amended : 09/02/2005
