Reference
Date 19 April 2012
Event ID 936541
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/936541
UKHO Identifier : 001250
Feature Class : Wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 58.84139,-2.89889
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 58.84097,-2.90051
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 2
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : JUANITA
Type : BLOCKSHIP
Flag : BRITISH
Tonnage : 1139
Tonnage Type : Gross
Date Sunk : 17/04/1940
Contact Description : Partial wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Last Sensor : None reported
Original Detection Year : 1940
Last Detection Year : 1972
Original Source : Other
Last Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **TWIN SCREW STEEL M TANKER, BUILT 1918, SUNK AS A BLOCKSHIP TO THE NE OF THE BARRIER.
Surveying Details : **H2496/72 14.3.72 POSN 585029N, 025356W, OR 179DEG, 1800FT FROM SPOT HEIGHT (107) ON BURRAY. 35FT SECTION OF HULL REMAINS WITH DECKING. FITTINGS HAVE BEEN REMOVED. (UNDERMARINE OPERATIONS, 5.3.72). INS AS DWP. BR STD.
**3.7.80 NOT SHOWN ON NC 35. AREA BLUED OUT.
**19.8.80 COVERED BY BLOCKSHIPS SEE NOTE LEGEND ON NE 2162.
**11.12.81 COVERED BY WKS LEGEND ON NC 2250.
Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY
Date Last Amended : 09/02/2005