Reference
Date 19 April 2012
Event ID 937984
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/937984
UKHO Identifier : 003103
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Wreck showing any portion of hull or superstructure
State : LIFT
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 56.70222,-2.43611
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 56.70208,-2.43768
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Quality : Precisely known
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : -3
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : HELMSDALE
Type : M GENERAL CARGO
Flag : BRITISH
Length : 46.9
Beam : 7.9
Draught : 3.0
Tonnage : 402
Tonnage Type : Gross
Cargo : 376 TONS MALTING BARLEY
Date Sunk : 07/11/1980
Bottom Texture : Rock
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Original Detection Year : 1980
Original Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **BUILT IN 1956. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY NORTH SHIPPING & TRADING CO LTD. OIL ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE MONTROSE FOR KIRKWALL. DROVE ASHORE WHEN LEAVING HARBOUR. (SIBI).
Surveying Details : **H3060/79 1.12.80 STRANDED 0.5C N OF SCURDIE NESS LT APPROX IN 564208N,022610W. VESSEL IS UP FOR SALE 'AS IS, WHERE IS'. 50 YDS NW OF LT ON A LINE FROM LT TO TRAIL PAVILION POSN FROM SCURDIE NESS LT HO. (HMS CAMPERDOWN HN & LL 10, 12 & 20.11.80). INS AS ST. BR STD.
**H3060/79 11.3.81 WRECK REMOVED. (HMS CAMPERDOWN HN DTD 27.2.81) AMENDED TO LIFT. DELETE. BR STD.
Chart Symbol : ST
Date Last Amended : 17/10/2003
