Reference
Date 19 April 2012
Event ID 938520
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/938520
UKHO Identifier : 003945
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Wreck showing any portion of hull or superstructure
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 55.83361,-5.93583
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 55.83353,-5.93686
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Quality : Precisely known
Drying Height : 4.3
Depth Quality : Least depth known
Water Depth : 2
Water Level Effect : Covers and uncovers
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : STORMLIGHT
Type : MV
Flag : BRITISH
Length : 26.8
Beam : 6.4
Draught : 2.7
Orientation : 155.0
Tonnage : 158
Tonnage Type : Gross
Cargo : IN BALLAST
Date Sunk : 15/12/1973
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Last Sensor : Video Sensor
Original Detection Year : 1973
Last Detection Year : 1979
Original Source : Other
Last Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **REPORTED TO BE TRAPPED BETWEEN REEF & ROCKS AT ENTRANCE TO CRAIGHOUSE, JURA, EN-ROUTE CAMPBELTOWN TO OBAN.
Surveying Details : **17.12.73 REPORTED TO BE TRAPPED BETWEEN REEF & ROCKS AT ENTRANCE TO CRAIGHOUSE, JURA. (LLOYDS 214).
**H2894/72 20.5.74 BOW APPROX 135DEG 120FT FROM LIGHT, IN 555001N, 055609W. LYING ON PORT SIDE, HEADING 155DEG. MAST DRIES 4.3MTRS, OR 11FT HIGH. (HMS BULLDOG, HN 1/74). INS AS ST. - NM 1065/74.
**H2958/69 6.11.74 INS AS ST (MAST DRIES 4.3MTRS). NC 2168.
**H2894/72 13.3.79 FOLLOWING REPORT THAT WK HAD SLIPPED OFF ROCKS INTO DEEPER WATER, INSPECTED BY N LIGHTS. WK HAS BROKEN IN TWO ABOUT 30FT FROM STERN. FOR'D END LYING ON ITS SIDE, STERN PORTION LYING IN A GULLEY & NO DANGER. STILL IN 555001N, 055609W. (NORTHERN LTHO BOARD, TELECON 27.2.79). NCA.
General Comments : IN TWO PARTS
Chart Symbol : ST D4.3
