Reference
Date 19 April 2012
Event ID 936658
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/936658
UKHO Identifier : 001395
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Non-dangerous wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 58.65000,-1.66667
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 58.64963,-1.66844
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 110
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : HMS DARING
Type : DESTROYER
Flag : BRITISH
Length : 99.4
Beam : 10.1
Draught : 2.7
Tonnage : 1375
Tonnage Type : Displacement
Date Sunk : 18/02/1940
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Original Detection Year : 1940
Original Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **BUILT IN 1932 BY THORNEYCROFT. TURBINE ENGINES OF 36000 IHP. 3-DRUM BOILERS. FOUR 4.7INCH GUNS, 7 SMALLER. TORPEDOED AND SUNK BY U-23. 5 SURVIVORS FROM CREW OF 162. (DODS).
Surveying Details : **H056/40 6.11.40 REPD SUNK IN 583900N, 014000W. BUT ALSO IN 582700N, 013700W IN ROSYTH WK LIST, 10.4.40, AND IN 583700N, 010600W BY A/S W725/40, RA(D), HOME FLEET. IN VIEW OF CONFLICTING POSITIONS, EACH APPROX, NCA. FOR FILING ONLY.
**5.10.93 SUNK IN 584000N, 014000E. (AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES). NCA.
Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY
Date Last Amended : 23/11/2004
