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Reference
Date 19 April 2012
Event ID 937591
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/937591
UKHO Identifier : 002696
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Dangerous wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 56.40750,-5.50000
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 56.40734,-5.50112
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Previous Position : 56.40735,-5.50112
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 35
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : UNKNOWN
Type : ?SEAPLANE
Bottom Texture : Mud
Contact Description : Aircraft
Original Sensor : None reported
Original Detection Year : 1967
Original Source : Other
Surveying Details : **H3166/63 23.10.67 OB, POSSIBLY A ROCK PINNACLE, REPD IN 562425N, 053010W, S OF HEATHER I, OBAN, KERRERA SOUND ON 10.4.67. VESSEL DAMAGED. (MR M GARDINER, TRAWLER 'PLOUGH' HN) CONSIDERED VESSEL PROBABLY TOO CLOSE INSHORE.
**19.10.89 WK OF SEAPLANE LIES IN 35MTRS, JUST OFF SE FACE OF HEATHER IS. (DIVE W SCOTLAND, VOL 1, P.155). POSSIBLY THIS OBSTN.
**1995 WK OF A SEAPLANE, POSSIBLY A CATALINA, REPUTED TO LIE FAIRLY CLOSE OFF THE SE OF HEATHER ISLAND IN 562425N, 053010W. (SHIPWRECKS OF THE W OF SCOTLAND)
POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE
**17.3.05 DW PA SHOWN IN 5624.417N, 0530.167W [EUT]. (CB DECISION). NE 1790 [VERIFICATION PLOT].
**25.4.05 DATA RE-ASSESSED. ORIGINAL HN REVIEWED. POSN QUOTED WAS 5624.450N, 0530.00W [PRESUMED OGB], NOT 5624.417N, 0530.167W AS QUOTED ABOVE, WHICH GIVES EUT POSN: 5624.441N, 0530.067W IN GEN DEPTH 35MTRS, TOO DEEP FOR DAMAGE TO TRAWLER TO HAVE OCCURRED. CONSIDERED THAT INFORMATION IS TOO VAGUE TO CHART. DELETED DW PA FROM NE 1790 PRIOR TO PUBLICATION ON 15.3.05.
Charting Comments : INFORMATION TOO VAGUE TO CHART
Date Last Amended : 26/04/2005
Date Position Last Amended : 26/04/2005
