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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

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