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Reference
Date 19 April 2012
Event ID 936554
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/936554
UKHO Identifier : 001263
Feature Class : Wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 58.88250,-2.89889
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 58.88208,-2.90051
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Quality : Precisely known
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 5
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : REINFIELD
Type : BLOCKSHIP
Flag : BRITISH
Tonnage : 3634
Tonnage Type : Gross
Date Sunk : 02/10/1914
Contact Description : Notable debris
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Last Sensor : None reported
Original Detection Year : 1914
Last Detection Year : 1972
Original Source : Other
Last Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **STEEL SINGLE-SCREW SS, BUILT 1893, SUNK AS A BLOCKSHIP BESIDE THE ELTON. (WKS OF SCAPA FLOW, DIVE SCAPA FLOW).
Surveying Details : **H3875/26 9.7.26 POSN 585257N, 025351W. (TEESWOOD, ALMERIA & ELTON IN SAME POSN). INS AS DWP. BR STD.
**H7308/56 13.5.59 INS CAUTION NOTE ON 35. - NM 1924/58.
**H2496/72 14.3.72 POSN 585257.01N, 025356W, OR 221.5DEG, 2200FT FROM LAMB HOLM TRIG STN (61). FAIRLY SMALL SHIP ON REEF MOSTLY DRIES. SMASHED AND SPREAD, BUT MAST STILL STANDING. (UNDERMARINE OPERATIONS 5.3.72). AMEND DWP. BR STD.
**3.7.80 NOT SHOWN ON NC 35 (AREA BLUED OUT).
**27.8.92 NAME GIVEN AS RHEINFELD. LIES BESIDE ELTON, WELL BROKEN UP. (WKS OF SCAPA FLOW, DIVE SCAPA FLOW).
**11.12.81 COVERED BY LEGEND WKS ON NC 2250.
**1.4.98 AMENDED TO LEGEND: 'WRECKS'. BR STD.
Chart Symbol : WK
Charting Comments : LEGEND: 'WRECKS', WK NOT CHARTED
Date Last Amended : 09/02/2005
