Reference

Date 19 April 2012

Event ID 936831

Category Documentary Reference

Type Reference

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/936831

Project Adair - UKHO data upload

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