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Reference
Date 19 April 2012
Event ID 937620
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/937620
UKHO Identifier : 002725
Feature Class : Wreck
State : DEAD
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 56.67500,-5.84167
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 56.67480,-5.84274
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Previous Position : 56.67500,-5.84167
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 0
Vertical Datum : Mean Low Water Springs
Name : HMS RIANT
Type : S DRIFTER
Flag : BRITISH
Tonnage : 95
Tonnage Type : Gross
Date Sunk : 27/01/1940
Bottom Texture : Rock
Contact Description : None reported
Original Sensor : None reported
Original Detection Year : 1940
Original Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **BUILT IN 1919. ONE BOILER, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. HIRED AS MINESWEEPER FROM 11.1939. LOST IN BAD WEATHER OFF W COAST OF SCOTLAND. (WW2SL, SRN & SIBI).
Surveying Details : **H605/40 & H188/40 28.2.40 C IN C ROSYTH CANNOT GIVE ANY DEFINITE POSN. (NID). POSN 564030N, 055030W FOR FILING ONLY. NCA.
POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE
**30.8.08 REPORTED TO HAVE SUNK IN 6540.50N, 0550.50W ON 25.1.1940, ALSO REPORTED TO HAVE SUNK ON 27.1.40 IN 5540.00N, 0550.00W. (SHIPWRECKS OF THE W OF SCOTLAND, B BAIRD). NCA.
**13.3.12 LISTED POSN NOT WITHIN NAVIGABLE AREA. (NETSURVEY, HI 1364). NO WRECKS LOCATED IN VICINITY. AMEND DEAD. NCA.
Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY
Date Last Amended : 13/03/2012
Date Position Last Amended : 03/02/2005
