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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

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