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Reference
Date 19 April 2012
Event ID 936548
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/936548
UKHO Identifier : 001257
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
Position Accuracy : 20.0
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 6
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : LAPLAND
Type : BLOCKSHIP
Flag : BRITISH
Length : 78.0
Tonnage : 1234
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 : **STEEL SINGLE-SCREW SS, BUILT 1980, SUNK AS A BLOCKSHIP. (WKS OF SCAPA FLOW, DIVE SCAPA FLOW).
Surveying Details : **H3875/26 9.7.26 SCUTTLED IN 585217N, 025447W WITH SS REGINALD AND SS GARTSHORE IN E WEDDEL SOUND. (C 8009/4).
**H7308/56 13.5.59 COVERED BY NOTE ON 35. - NM 1924/58.
**H2496/72 14.3.72 THIS WRECK IS TOTALLY COLLAPSED AND LIES DIRECTLY BENEATH THE CONCRETE CAUSEWAY. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOME PART OF THE WRECK MAY IN FUTURE COLLAPSE FURTHER THUS CAUSING DISTORTION TO THE ROAD. (UNDERMARINE OPERATIONS, 5.3.72). COVERED BY LEGEND: OBSTRUCTIONS - SEE NOTE' ON NC 35.
**28.8.92 TOTALLY COLLAPSED UNDER THE BARRIER. SECTIONS CAN BE IDENTIFIED STICKING OUT FROM BENEATH THE CONCRETE BLOCKS OF THE BARRIER ON NW SIDE. (DIVE SCAPA FLOW).
Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY
Date Last Amended : 09/02/2005
