Reference
Date 19 April 2012
Event ID 936547
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/936547
UKHO Identifier : 001256
Feature Class : Obstn
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 58.87139,-2.91306
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 58.87098,-2.91466
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 5
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : GARTSHORE
Type : BLOCKSHIP
Flag : BRITISH
Tonnage : 1564
Tonnage Type : Gross
Date Sunk : 14/09/1914
Contact Description : Notable debris
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Last Sensor : None reported
Original Detection Year : 1914
Last Detection Year : 1992
Original Source : Other
Last Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **IRON SINGLE-SCREW SS, BUILT 1880, SUNK AS A BLOCKSHIP. (WKS OF SCAPA FLOW, DIVE SCAPA FLOW).
Surveying Details : **H3875/26 9.7.26 POSN 585217.01N, 025447W. (LAPLAND & REGINALD IN SAME POSN).
**H7308/56 13.5.59 INS CAUTION NOTE ON 35. - NM 1924/58.
**H2496/72 14.3.72 THERE IS NO SIGN OF A WK IN THIS AREA. THERE ARE NONE OF THE CHARACTERISTIC RUST STAINS OF A WK THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED AND NO TRACE OF EVEN THE SMALLEST DEBRIS. (UNDERMARINE OPERATIONS 5.3.72).
**H2496/72 14.3.72 COVERED BY 'OBSTRUCTION - SEE NOTE' LEGEND ON NC 35.
**28.8.92 WRECKAGE OF GARTSHORE MINGLES WITH THAT OF THE EMPIRE SEAMAN ON W SIDE OF BARRIER. (DIVE SCAPA FLOW). POSN GIVEN IN 1926 WOULD APPEAR INCORRECT IF VESSEL LIES ON W SIDE OF BARRIER.
Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY
Date Last Amended : 09/02/2005
