Reference
Date 19 April 2012
Event ID 938778
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/938778
UKHO Identifier : 004221
Feature Class : Wreck
State : DEAD
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 55.93333,-2.21667
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 55.93329,-2.21822
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Previous Position : 55.93333,-2.21667
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 0
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : NYON (BOW SECTION)
Flag : SWISS
Length : 136.2
Beam : 17.7
Draught : 7.6
Tonnage : 5058
Tonnage Type : Gross
Date Sunk : 17/11/1958
Contact Description : Partial wreck
Original Sensor : Other
Last Sensor : Diver Sighting
Original Detection Year : 1958
Last Detection Year : 1974
Original Source : Other
Last Source : Divers
Circumstances of Loss : **RAN AGROUND. (LL & CG SEAHOUSES)
Surveying Details : **H8470/58 12.2.59 ASHORE ON ROCKS 3M NW ST ABB'S HD. STERN HALF SALVED. FORE PART STILL ASHORE & BREAKING UP. POSN 555600N, 021300W APPROX. (LL & CG HOUSES). NCA.
**H2579/62 NYON RE-BUILT 15.6.62 SANK AFTER COLLISION OFF BEACHY HEAD [SEE 20401].
**9.12.74 NYON SAID TO HAVE STRANDED ON THE SHORE AT FASTCASTLE HEAD IN NOV 1961. BOWS REMAIN AS WRECKAGE DRYING AT LW. STERN TOWED AWAY AND NEW BOWS FITTED. SANK AFTER COLLISION 16.6.62 AT BEACHY HD [SEE 20401]. (P BAKER, LTR DTD 3.12.74)
POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE
**HH090/915/01 16.1.02 NOT LOCATED. (GARDLINE, HI 915). AMENDED DEAD. NCA.
Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY
Date Last Amended : 19/01/2004
Date Position Last Amended : 19/01/2004
