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Date 19 April 2012

Event ID 937554

Category Documentary Reference

Type Reference

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/937554

UKHO Identifier : 002659

Feature Class : Wreck

Wreck Category : Wreck showing any portion of hull or superstructure

State : LIVE

Classification : Unclassified

Position (Lat/long) : 56.63388,-6.22500

Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)

WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 56.63369,-6.22603

WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)

Previous Position : 56.63333,-6.22500

Position Quality : Unreliable

Depth Quality : Depth unknown

Water Depth : 2

Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide

Name : ROBERT LIMBRICK

Type : S TRAWLER

Flag : BRITISH

Length : 41.9

Beam : 7.2

Draught : 3.5

Tonnage : 273

Tonnage Type : Gross

Date Sunk : 05/02/1957

Contact Description : Entire wreck

Original Sensor : Reported Sinking

Original Detection Year : 1957

Original Source : Other

Circumstances of Loss : **EX-SIR GALAHAD, EX-STAR OF FREEDOM '56. BUILT IN 1942 BY HALL, RUSSEL & CO LTD, ABERDEEN. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MILFORD FISHERIES LTD. ONE BOILER, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE ABERDEEN FOR FISHING AND RETURN. WENT AGROUND IN VERY HIGH WINDS AND EXTREME WEATHER. CREW OF 12 LOST. (SIBI & LL).

Surveying Details : **H1060/57 6.9.57 ASHORE AT QUINISH PT, MULL IN 563800N, 061330W APPROX. (LL). FOR FILING ONLY. NCA.

Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY

Date Last Amended : 10/03/2009

Date Position Last Amended : 10/03/2009

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