Reference

Date 19 April 2012

Event ID 937733

Category Documentary Reference

Type Reference

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/937733

Project Adair - UKHO data upload

UKHO Identifier : 002838

Feature Class : Wreck

Wreck Category : Wreck showing any portion of hull or superstructure

State : DEAD

Classification : Unclassified

Position (Lat/long) : 56.18056,-3.00833

Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)

WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 56.18047,-3.00979

WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)

Position Quality : Unreliable

Depth Quality : Depth unknown

Water Depth : 1

Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide

Name : NUMBER FOUR

Type : STEAM SAND DREDGER

Flag : BRITISH

Tonnage : 265

Tonnage Type : Gross

Date Sunk : 08/12/1898

Bottom Texture : Rock

Contact Description : Entire wreck

Original Sensor : Reported Sinking

Original Source : Other

Circumstances of Loss : **ASHORE ON ROCKS NEAR METHIL BREAKWATER. LATER BROKE UP AND BECAME TOTAL LOSS. (LLOYDS & SHIPWRECKS OF THE FORTH, B BAIRD).

Surveying Details : **13.2.70 ASHORE ON ROCKS NEAR METHIL BREAKWATER, IN 561050N, 030030W APPROX. (LL). TOO VAGUE TO CHART.

Charting Comments : INFORMATION TOO VAGUE TO CHART

Date Last Amended : 05/10/2011