Reference
Date 19 April 2012
Event ID 936862
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
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UKHO Identifier : 001922
Feature Class : Obstn
Obstruction Category : Foul ground
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 57.72444,-6.30278
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 57.72411,-6.30386
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Method : Horizontal sextant angle
Position Quality : Precisely known
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 0
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : ALEXANDERS
Type : M FISHING
Flag : BRITISH
Orientation : 0.0
Date Sunk : 29/01/1974
Contact Description : Notable debris
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Last Sensor : Other
Original Detection Year : 1974
Last Detection Year : 1982
Original Source : Other
Last Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **WENT AGROUND ON EILEAN TRODDAY IN A STORM. (LL).
Surveying Details : **H2894/72 20.5.74 TRAWLER LIES ON STBD SIDE, BOWS SOUTH. 222.5DEGS 1500FT FROM EILEAN TRODDAY LT. (HMS HECLA, HN). PLOTS IN 574328N, 061810W APPROX. CHART AS ST. BR STD.
**30.7.76 WK NOT VISIBLE ON ENLARGEMENT OF AIR PHOTOGRAPH OF EILEAN TRODDAY TAKEN BY RAF BRIZE NORTON JUNE 1976.
**H4856/75 15.7.77 NOT VISIBLE EITHER FROM SEAWARD AT HALF MILE RANGE OR FROM THE SHORE. RECOMMEND DELETE. (HMS HECLA, HI 7/76). BR STD.
**H1310/80 ENGINE OF THIS WK WAS OBSERVED DRYING ABOUT 1MTR. NOTHING ELSE VISIBLE FROM SURFACE. BELOW SURFACE IMMEDIATE AREA LITTERED WITH SMALL FRAGMENTS OF WRECKAGE. (J O HALL, 3.10.80). NCA.
**12.1.82 ENGINE & PROPSHAFT DRY ABOUT 2MTRS AT LWS AND LIE AT HEAD OF AN INLET. BROKEN EQUIPMENT & LARGER PIECES OF HULL SCATTERED WITHIN 50MTRS RADIUS. (BSAC WK REGISTER, VOL 4). NCA.
General Comments : PIECES OF HULL SCATTERED WITHIN 50MTR RADIUS
Charting Comments : EXISTING SCALES TOO SMALL
Date Last Amended : 06/02/1999
