Reference
Date 19 April 2012
Event ID 936555
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/936555
UKHO Identifier : 001264
Feature Class : Wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 58.88292,-2.89778
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 58.88250,-2.89940
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 8
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : ILSENSTEIN
Type : SS
Flag : BRITISH
Tonnage : 1508
Tonnage Type : Gross
Date Sunk : 18/02/1940
Contact Description : Notable debris
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Last Sensor : None reported
Original Detection Year : 1940
Last Detection Year : 1992
Original Source : Other
Last Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **SINGLE-SCREW STEAMER, BUILT 1908, WAS SUNK AS A BLOCKSHIP. (WKS OF SCAPA FLOW, DIVE SCAPA FLOW).
Surveying Details : **H2496/72 14.3.72 POSN 585258.51N, 025352W (ELTON IN SAME POSN). STATED TO LIE 219.5DEGS, 1950 FT FROM LAMB HOLM TRIG STN (61). HALF HULL EXISTS ROUND ENGINE ROOM AREA & PRESSED AGAINST WK OF ELTON. A GREAT DEAL OF BLASTING CARRIED OUT RECENTLY, REDUCING HEIGHT APPROX 9FT HIGH, WITH 12FT WATER OVER IT. (UNDERMARINE OPERATIONS, 5.3.72). INS AS DWP. BR STD.
**3.7.80 NOT SHOWN ON NC 35 (AREA BLUED OUT).
**11.12.81 COVERED BY LEGEND WKS ON NC 2250.
**H1310/82/4 4.2.82 HAS BEEN EXTENSIVELY SALVAGED AND BLASTED IN SEVERAL PLACES. REMAINDER DETERIORATING AND DANGEROUS TO THE INCAUTIOUS DIVER. (B WINFIELD, 25.1.82).
**27.5.82 VERY BROKEN UP & SPREAD OVER LARGE AREA. HEIGHT 4MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 8MTRS. (BSAC WK REGISTER VOL V).
**20.8.92 DEMOLISHED IN 1950, BUT STILL MAKES GOOD SHORE DIVE. WELL BROKEN UP & DISPERSED OVER A WIDE AREA. THERE ARE SEVERAL MAIN AREAS OF WRECKAGE FROM ILSENSTEIN & OTHER DISPERSED BLOCKSHIPS IN AREA. (DIVE SCAPA FLOW).
Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY
Date Last Amended : 09/02/2005
