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Reference
Date 19 April 2012
Event ID 938964
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/938964
UKHO Identifier : 004493
Feature Class : Wreck
State : DEAD
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 55.91667,-1.78333
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 55.91663,-1.78495
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Previous Position : 55.91667,-1.78333
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 70
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : UTOPIA
Type : SS
Flag : BRITISH
Tonnage : 155
Tonnage Type : Gross
Date Sunk : 10/08/1915
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Original Detection Year : 1915
Original Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **CAPTURED & SUNK BY GUNFIRE FROM GERMAN SUBMARINE 12MILES E OF ST ABB'S HD. (WW1SL).
Surveying Details : **SINKING POSN 12 MILES E OF ST ABB'S HD GIVES POSN 555500N, 014700W. FOR FILING ONLY. NCA.
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 : 16/01/2002
Date Position Last Amended : 19/01/2000