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Reference
Date 19 April 2012
Event ID 936542
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/936542
UKHO Identifier : 001251
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Wreck showing any portion of hull or superstructure
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 58.84142,-2.89983
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 58.84100,-2.90145
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Method : Air photography
Position Quality : Precisely known
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 2
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : NAJA (PART OF)
Type : BLOCKSHIP
Flag : BRITISH
Orientation : 27.0
Date Sunk : 02/03/1939
Contact Description : Notable debris
Original Sensor : None reported
Last Sensor : Video Sensor
Original Detection Year : 1972
Last Detection Year : 1973
Original Source : Other
Last Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **CONCRETE BARGE, FORMERLY OWNED BY J ANDERSON, STROMNESS. WAS SUNK A S A BLOCKSHIP IMMEDIATELY N OF CLIO. NAME GIVEN AS NAJA. (WKS OF SCAPA FLOW).
Surveying Details : **H2496/72 14.3.72 POSN 585026.5N, 025407W, OR 196DEG, 2100FT FROM SPOT HEIGHT (107) ON BURRAY. LARGE QUANTITY OF RUBBLE AND UPRIGHT PIECE, WHICH COULD BE BOWS. ALL LARGE ITEMS HAVE BEEN REMOVED. (UNDERMARINE OPERATIONS, 5.3.72). INS AS DWP. BR STD.
**H1270/76 9.3.76 PORTION OF WK, POSSIBLY BOWS, EXPOSED ABOVE THE LEVEL OF MLW, IN 585029.1N, 025359.4W. APPROXIMATELY 35MTRS LONG. ORIENTATED 027.5/207.5DEGS. (ORDNANCE SURVEY AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY DTD 16.5.73 FOR PG 1482-LP1).
**3.7.80 NOT SHOWN ON NC 35. (AREA BLUED OUT).
**9.8.80 COVERED BY 'BLOCKSHIPS SEE NOTE' LEGEND. NC 2162.
**11.12.81 COVERED BY WKS LEGEND. NC 2250.
**1.9.92 NAME GIVEN AS 'NAJA'. (DIVE SCAPA FLOW)
POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE
**23.0.12 CONFIRMED AS 'NAJA'. COPY OF SALES RECEIPT TO METAL INDUSTRIES HELD. (K HEATH, TELECON 20.3.12). NCA.
Charting Comments : EXISTING SCALES TOO SMALL
Date Last Amended : 16/05/2007
