Reference
Date 19 April 2012
Event ID 938531
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/938531
UKHO Identifier : 003956
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Wreck showing any portion of hull or superstructure
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 55.91963,-5.05727
Horizontal Datum : ETRS 1989
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 55.91963,-5.05727
WGS84 Origin : Block Shift
Previous Position : 55.91972,-5.05612
Position Method : Horizontal sextant angle
Position Quality : Precisely known
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 2
Vertical Datum : Mean Low Water Springs
Name : UNKNOWN
Type : M MINESWEEPER & BARGE
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Video Sensor
Last Sensor : None reported
Original Detection Year : 1954
Last Detection Year : 1987
Original Source : Naval Vessel
Last Source : Other
Surveying Details : **H653/54 17.2.54 INS ST IN 555508N, 050322W OR 003.25DEGS, 3.59M FROM ARDBERG PT. (HMS ANDREW). BR STD.
**11.7.66 WOODEN VESSEL, PROBABLY A MMS OR A M LAUNCH, APPARENTLY SUNK BY EXPLOSION. BOW SECTION LIES ABOUT 100FT FROM REMAINDER OF VESSEL. LENGTH 60-80FT. (C GRIEV).
**27.10.66 WK IS A 3-SCREW MOTOR MINESWEEPER. IT WAS SUNK ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO. BOW SECTION 15FT LONG IS EXPOSED, 0.75FT SHOWING AT HIGH WATER. THE REMAINDER IS LYING 50YDS OFF-SHORE. (W ELLIOT, 28.9.66).
**26.2.75 SHOWN IN 55511N, 050322W ON SURVEY [E9179] OF 1952. AMEND POSN. BR STD.
**5.3.87 THE REMAINS OF TWO VESSELS, EITHER MINESWEEPERS OR MTBS, AND A SMALL BARGE LIE IN THIS AREA. ONE VESSEL LIES IN 60FT OF WATER AND THE OTHER IN 150FT. THE BARGE LIES BETWEEN THEM IN 80FT AND IS ABOUT 60FT LONG. (S R FRENCH, 16.2.87. NCA YET.
POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE
**30.1.03 EUT POSN: 5555.178N, 0503.436W. NE 1906.
Chart Symbol : ST
Date Last Amended : 29/07/2009
Date Position Last Amended : 29/07/2009