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Reference
Date 19 April 2012
Event ID 937492
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/937492
UKHO Identifier : 002594
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Dangerous wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 56.32333,-7.11667
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 56.32316,-7.11755
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 2
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : RAVENSHEUGH
Type : SS
Flag : BRITISH
Length : 80.2
Beam : 10.7
Draught : 6.7
Tonnage : 1781
Tonnage Type : Gross
Cargo : COAL AND HERRINGS
Date Sunk : 29/10/1911
Bottom Texture : Rock
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Original Detection Year : 1911
Original Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **BUILT OF IRON IN 1881 BY PALMERS & CO, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ROBERTSON, MACKIE & CO. ONE BOILER, COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE OF 178NHP, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSGAE GLASGOW FOR RIGA. STRUCK A SUBMERGED ?WRECK SANK OFF SKERRYVORE. 9 CREW RECOVERED BY YACHT SAPPHIRE. 10 MEN LOST. (DODS, SIBI).
Surveying Details : **20.2.70 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 561924N, 070700W APPROX. (DODS). NCA, POSN FOR FILING ONLY.
General Comments : IRON HULL
Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY
Date Last Amended : 14/02/2005
