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Reference
Date 19 April 2012
Event ID 936831
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/936831
UKHO Identifier : 001889
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Dangerous wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 57.10125,-7.27222
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 57.10098,-7.27313
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Previous Position : 57.10167,-7.27000
Position Method : Air photography
Position Quality : Precisely known
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 5
Vertical Datum : Mean Low Water Springs
Name : POLITICIAN (STERN SECTION)
Type : SS
Flag : BRITISH
Length : 143.6
Beam : 17.7
Draught : 12.5
Sonar Length : 72.0
Sonar Width : 20.0
Orientation : 45.0
Tonnage : 7939
Tonnage Type : Gross
Cargo : GENERAL (INCLUDING BANKNOTES & WHISKY)
Date Sunk : 05/02/1941
Bottom Texture : Sand
Debris Field : COVERS AN AREA 72 X 20MTRS.
Contact Description : Partial wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Last Sensor : Diver Sighting
Original Detection Year : 1941
Last Detection Year : 1994
Original Source : Other
Last Source : Divers
