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Reference
Date 19 April 2012
Event ID 938342
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/938342
UKHO Identifier : 003690
Feature Class : Wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 55.64944,-6.03944
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 55.64938,-6.04045
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 15
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : SHUNA
Type : SS
Flag : BRITISH
Length : 76.2
Beam : 11.3
Draught : 5.2
Tonnage : 1494
Tonnage Type : Gross
Date Sunk : 17/10/1936
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Original Detection Year : 1936
Original Source : Other
Markers : [SEE 2658]
Circumstances of Loss : **BUILT IN 1915 BY J.CROWN & SONS. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY CLYDESIDE SHIPOWNERS CO. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINES OF 165NHP. WRECKED NEAR ARDMORE PT, ISLAY. (P.L. SELLARS LTR DTD 11.2.75).
**NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH SHUNA LOST NEARBY ON 17.10.1936. [SEE 2658].
Surveying Details : **25.2.75 WRECKED NEAR ARDMORE POINT,ISLAY IN 553858N, 060222W. MACHINERY SALVAGED. STERN INTACT, REMAINDER BROKEN UP. ABOUT 50FT BOTTOM DEPTH, ALONGSIDE A REEF. SOME WRECKAGE ON REEF. (P.L. SELLARS LTR DTD 11.1.75)
Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY
Date Last Amended : 09/02/2005
