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Reference
Date 19 April 2012
Event ID 937864
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/937864
UKHO Identifier : 002979
Feature Class : Wreck
State : DEAD
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 56.27944,-2.58111
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 56.27935,-2.58263
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 4
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : DOWNIE HILLS
Type : S TRAWLER
Flag : BRITISH
Tonnage : 227
Tonnage Type : Gross
Date Sunk : 18/01/1926
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Original Detection Year : 1926
Original Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **BUILT IN 1917 BY HAWTHORNS & CO LTD, LEIGTH. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY PETERHEAD TRAWLING CO LTD. ONE BOILER, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 82NHP, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE ABERDEEN FOR METHIL FOR BUNKERS. RAN AGROUND DURING THE NIGHT HAVING FAILED TO SEE THE NORTH CARR LTV IN THICK FOG. (R N BAIRD & SIBI).
Surveying Details : **ASHORE AND TOTAL LOSS 0.25 MILES NE OF FIFENESS. (LLOYDS). STRANDED 300 YARDS OFFSHORE. (R N BAIRD, REG. OF SCOTTISH WRECKS).
Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY
Date Last Amended : 20/10/2003
