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Reference

Date 19 April 2012

Event ID 937178

Category Documentary Reference

Type Reference

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/937178

UKHO Identifier : 002248

Feature Class : Wreck

State : LIVE

Classification : Unclassified

Position (Lat/long) : 57.34722,-1.92861

Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)

WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 57.34700,-1.93028

WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)

Position Quality : Unreliable

Depth Quality : Depth unknown

Water Depth : 19

Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide

Name : SANTA CATARINA

Type : GALLEON

Flag : SPANISH

Date Sunk : ??/08/1588

Contact Description : Entire wreck

Original Sensor : Reported Sinking

Original Detection Year : 1967

Original Source : Other

Circumstances of Loss : **SANK ABOUT 200 YDS N OF COLLIESTON IN AUG 1588 AT A SITE NOW CALLED ST CATHERINE'S DUB. SOME CANNON WERE RECOVERED THERE DURING THE LAST CENTURY. (UNDERWATER WORLD MAGAZINE, MAY 1967).

Surveying Details : **5.5.67 CANNON HAVE BEEN RAISED FROM DEPTHS OF 60FT IN VICINITY OF ST CATHARINE'S DUB (THE WRECK HUNTERS). POSN APPROX 572050N, 015543E. LEGEND 'SITE OF WK OF ST CATHARINE, ONE OF THE SHIPS OF THE SPANISH ARMADA, 1588' APPEARS ON O.S. SHEET NK 02 NW (1:10,000) NEAR THIS POSN. NCA.

Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY

Date Last Amended : 07/10/2003

Date Position Last Amended : 28/10/1982

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