Reference
Date 19 April 2012
Event ID 937657
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/937657
UKHO Identifier : 002762
Feature Class : Wreck
State : LIVE
Status : Historic
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 56.45733,-5.65643
Horizontal Datum : ETRS 1989
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 56.45733,-5.65643
WGS84 Origin : Block Shift
Previous Position : 56.45750,-5.65533
Position Quality : Precisely known
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 10
Vertical Datum : Mean Low Water Springs
Name : SWAN (PROBABLY)
Type : SV (MAN OF WAR)
Flag : ENGLISH
Date Sunk : 13/09/1653
Bottom Texture : Rock
Contact Description : Notable debris
Original Sensor : None reported
Last Sensor : Diver Sighting
Original Detection Year : 1992
Last Detection Year : 2000
Original Source : Other
Last Source : Divers
Circumstances of Loss : **SANK DURING A VIOLENT STORM. WAS PART OF THE FLEET SUPPORTING THE ENGLISH GARRISON WHICH WAS OCCUPYING DUART CASTLE. (SIBI, SHIPWRECKS OF THE W COAST OF SCOTLAND)
Surveying Details : **HA141/02/01/03 24.6.91 WRECKAGE OF POSSIBLE MID 17TH CENTURY VESSEL LOCATED IN 562727N, 053919W [OGB]. COMPRISES WOODEN STRUCTURES AND 7 CANNON. (ADU REPORT 91/3, 14.6.91). FOR FILING ONLY. NCA.
**HA141/002/001/04 3.6.92 DISIGNATED AS AN HISTORIC WK. RESTRICTED AREA RADIUS 75MTRS CENTRED ON 562727.0N, 053919.2W [OGB]. (SI 1151/92). SOFTWOOD PANELLING FOUND ON SITE SEEMS TO INDICATE AN 17TH CENTURY WK. INS AS REST'D AREA WITH NOTE. - NM 1792/92.
**HA141/002/001/05 10.3.93 AN ENTRY IN C H FIRTH'S 'SCOTLAND AND THE COMMONWEALTH' [1895 EDN], P.399-400, INDICATES THAT THIS PROBABLY IS THE WK OF THE ENGLISH MAN OF WAR 'SPEEDWELL'. THE VESSELS SWAN, MARTHA AND MARGARET WERE ALSO LOST ON THE SAME OCCASION BUT WITHOUT LOSS OF LIFE. A SUBSTANTIAL QUANTITY OF HUMAN REMAINS HAVE BEEN FOUND IN THIS WK. (C MARTINE, 18.12.92).
**17.9.96 WK CONSIDERED TO BE THAT OF 'SWAN'. BINNACLE RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION WITH SIX INCH COMPASS STILL INTACT. (THE TIMES, 22.8.96).
POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE
**4.4.00 SANDBAGS HAVE BEEN LAID OVER ONE SECTION OF THE WRECK TO PROTECT HUMAN REMAINS. (DIVER MAGAZINE APRIL 2000).
**15.3.07 EUT POSN: 5627.440N, 0539.386W. NE 2390.
Chart Symbol : WK HIS
Charting Comments : REST'D AREA RADIUS 75MTRS. WK NOT CHARTED
Date Last Amended : 12/01/2009
Date Position Last Amended : 12/01/2009
