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Reference
Date 19 April 2012
Event ID 937608
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/937608
UKHO Identifier : 002713
Feature Class : Wreck
State : LIVE
Status : Historic
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 56.50300,-5.70025
Horizontal Datum : ETRS 1989
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 56.50300,-5.70025
WGS84 Origin : Block Shift
Previous Position : 56.50317,-5.69917
Position Quality : Precisely known
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 9
Vertical Datum : Mean Low Water Springs
Name : HMS DARTMOUTH
Type : 5TH RATE, 32 GUNS
Flag : BRITISH
Length : 26.2
Beam : 7.6
Draught : 3.6
Tonnage : 260
Tonnage Type : Builders Measurement
Date Sunk : 09/10/1690
Bottom Texture : Rock
Contact Description : Notable debris
Original Sensor : Diver Sighting
Last Sensor : Diver Sighting
Original Detection Year : 1973
Last Detection Year : 1991
Original Source : Divers
Last Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **WRECKED IN A STORM, DRIVEN ASHORE AND SUNK. (SHIPS OF RN, VOL.1).
**BUILT 1655 BY JOHN TIPPETS, PORTSMOUTH & REFITTED IN 1678. WAS PART OF ENGLISH FORCES TRYING TO SUPPRESS THE JACOBITE STRONGHOLD OF DUART CASTLE WHEN LOST ON EILEAN RUBHA AN RIDIRE AFTER DRAGGING ANCHOR WHILE SHELETERING FROM A STORM IN SCALLCASTLE BAY. 126 OF 132 CREW LOST. (ARGYLL SHIPWRECKS [DRAWING & SITE DIAGRAM], SHIPWRECKS OF THE W OF SCOTLAND [DRAWING], SIBI)
Surveying Details : **H3954/70 19.11.73 LOCATED IN 563012N, 054155W IN 15-30FT OF WATER. (BRISTOL UNDERSEA UNDERSEA ARCHAEOLOGY GROUP).
**H2529/74 17.5.74 DESIGNATED AS AN HISTORIC WK. (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 458/74). - NM 1109/74.
**H1270/79 12.2.79 HISTORIC WK PROTECTION REVOKED. (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT NO.6/79). DELETED. BR STD.
**H5249/76 10.6.82 IRON CANNON, ANCHORS AND SOME TIMBER SHOWING. (DIVER, 1982).
**23.9.91 SUBSTANTIAL SURVEYING AND SALVAGE HAS TAKEN PLACE. ARTEFACTS ARE IN SCOTTISH MUSEUM. SITE NOW COMPLETELY KELP-COVERED SINCE WORK ON SITE CEASED. (DIVE NW SCOTLAND, G RIDLEY, 1985).
**HA141/02/01/03 19.12.91 SIGNIFICANT ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE REMAINS ON THE SITE. CORRECT POSN IS 563011.5N, 054157W [OGB] AND A RADIUS OF 50MTRS WOULD INCLUDE ALL ASSOCIATED MATERIAL. A MODERN WK [SEE 2712], PART OF WHICH PROJECTS ABOVE THE SURFACE, LIES NEARBY. (ADU REPORT 91/17). TO BE RE-DESIGNATED AS AN HISTORIC WK.
**HA141/02/01/04 9.7.92 AREA, RADIUS 50MTRS, CENTRED ON 563011.5N, 054157W [OGB], RE-DESIGNATED AS A RESTRICTED AREA UNDER PROTECTION OF WRECKS ACT, 1973. (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT NO.1229/92). - NM 2279/92.
POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE
**4.4.00 WELL SCATTERED, ANCHORS AND CANNON CONCRETED AND FESTOONED IN DENSE KELP. (DIVER MAGAZINE APRIL 2000)
**15.3.07 EUT POSN: 5630.180N, 0542.015W. NE 2390.
General Comments : WELL SCATTERED
Chart Symbol : WK HIS
Charting Comments : REST'D AREA RADIUS 50MTRS. WK NOT CHARTED
Date Last Amended : 12/01/2009
