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Reference
Date 19 April 2012
Event ID 937184
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/937184
UKHO Identifier : 002254
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Wreck showing any portion of hull or superstructure
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 57.39167,-1.85500
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 57.39144,-1.85668
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Quality : Precisely known
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 2
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : MARIA W
Type : M GENERAL CARGO
Flag : DUTCH
Length : 42.1
Beam : 6.5
Draught : 2.4
Tonnage : 240
Tonnage Type : Gross
Cargo : FERTILISER
Date Sunk : 22/02/1966
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Original Detection Year : 1966
Original Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **EX-TWIN '56. BUILT IN 1932 BY E J SMIT & ZOON, HOOSTLAND. LENGTHENED IN 1964. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY J P WEBER & VERSTOEP. OIL ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE GHENT FOR SCRABSTER. WENT AGROUND AND LOST PROPELLOR IN HEAVY FOG AND BECAME CTL. (SIBI).
Surveying Details : **H1122/66 8.6.66 POSN 572330N, 015112W [OGB]. ONLY BRIDGE ABOVE WATER LEVEL WITH STERN TOWARDS THE SHORE. ALL HATCH COVERS LOST. (LL & CRUDEN BAY CG). INS AS ST. BR STD.
**H3965/75 1.12.77 WK COMPLETELY BROKEN UP. HEAVILY SILTED. GENERAL DEPTH OVER WK 15-20FT EXCEPT SHAFT OR MAST WHICH STICKS UP WITHIN FEW FT OF SURFACE AT LOW TIDE. (R DAY, LTR). DELETE. BR STD.
**27.5.82 COMPLETELY BROKEN. STANDS UP TO 4MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 6MTRS. (BSAC WK REGISTER VOL 5).
Charting Comments : EXISTING SCALES TOO SMALL
Date Last Amended : 27/10/2010
Date Position Last Amended : 03/06/1982
