Reference
Date 19 April 2012
Event ID 936865
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/936865
UKHO Identifier : 001925
Feature Class : Wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 57.73389,-6.96528
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 57.73354,-6.96626
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 14
Vertical Datum : Mean Low Water Springs
Name : BRIGADIER
Type : IRON PADDLE STEAMER
Flag : BRITISH
Length : 55.0
Beam : 6.5
Draught : 2.9
Tonnage : 275
Tonnage Type : Gross
Cargo : GENERAL
Date Sunk : 07/12/1896
Bottom Texture : Rock
Contact Description : Notable debris
Original Sensor : Diver Sighting
Last Sensor : Diver Sighting
Original Detection Year : 1979
Last Detection Year : 1987
Original Source : Divers
Last Source : Divers
Circumstances of Loss : **EX- CYGNUS, BUILT 1854 BY JAMES HENDERSON & SONS, RENFEW WITH 2 CYLINDER OSCILLATING ENGINE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY D MACBRAYNE, GLASGOW FOR USE AS THE LOCHMADDY-PORTREE FERRY. STRUCK DUNCAN ROCK, LOCH RODEL. (SIBI)
Surveying Details : **H4893/77 23.8.79 LIES ON NE SIDE OF DUNCAN ROCK IN GEN DEPTH 14MTRS. WELL BROKEN UP. BOILER REMAINS INTACT AND LARGE PIECES OF WK ARE IDENTIFIABLE. LIES WITHIN LARGE ROCK GULLIES AND NOTHING PROJECTS ABOVE SURROUNDING ROCKS. (RAF CONINGSBY SAC, 1979) NCA, POSN 574402N, 065755W [OGB] FOR FILING ONLY, EXISTING SCALES TOO SMALL.
**H1310/87/5 1.2.88 WKGE COVERED WITH GROWTH AND SPREAD OVER LARGE AREA. LARGE PIECES OF WKGE INCLUDE BOILER AND PADDLE WHEEL COAMING. MOST OF HULL PROTRUDES LESS THAN 1MTR ABOVE SEABED. (R BANKS, RAF ABINGDON, 18.12.87). NCA.
Charting Comments : EXISTING SCALES TOO SMALL
Date Last Amended : 14/12/2009
