Reference
Date 19 April 2012
Event ID 939190
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/939190
UKHO Identifier : 005195
Feature Class : Wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 54.97222,-5.18306
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 54.97227,-5.18418
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Previous Position : 54.97222,-5.18305
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 5
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : PAULINA
Type : COASTER
Flag : SPANISH
Length : 89.3
Beam : 14.4
Draught : 6.1
Tonnage : 2672
Tonnage Type : Gross
Cargo : IRON ORE
Date Sunk : 11/02/1913
Bottom Texture : Sand
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Last Sensor : Diver Sighting
Original Detection Year : 1913
Last Detection Year : 1976
Original Source : Other
Last Source : Divers
Circumstances of Loss : **BUILT 1909 BY SIR RAYLTON DIXON & CO. LTD., MIDDLESBOROUGH, WITH 3 CYLINDER TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE & 2 BOILERS. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY M.PINEIRO BEZANILLA, SANTANDER. PASSAGE SANTANDER FOR TROON. RAN AGROUND IN FOG AT THE N END OF DALLY BAY. 27 CREW RESCUED & VESSEL ABANDONED AS TOTAL LOSS & SOLD TO GARSADDENS SALVAGE CO. (CLYDE SHIPWRECKS & SIBI)
Surveying Details : **H571/66 24.10.66 BOW SHOWS AT LW. (LLOYDS AGENT, STROMNER VIA MR.JESSOP). NCA, THIS VESSEL MAY BE OF INTEREST TO SUB AQUA MEMBERS AS IT IS CLOSE INSHORE BUT CONFIRMATION WANTED BEFORE IT IS CHARTED.
**H1285/75 10.7.75 LIES IN SHALLOW WATER MAX DEPTH 40FT. MANY PIECES SCATTERED OVER A LARGE AREA, LARGEST SECTIONS ARE THE BOILERS WHICH RISE ABOUT 8FT FROM THE SEABED WITH PLATES HALF BURIED IN THE SANDY BOTTOM. (A. NEWTON, ST.HELENS, LETTER).
**H1288/76/328 11.10.76 WK NOT FOUND IN POSN BUT AMONG THE WRECKAGE OF A LARGER SHIP. ['BARON GLAMIS' POSSIBLY] PART OF THE KEEL SHOWS AT LOW WATER & THIS KEEL EXTENDS FOR ABOUT 35FT. (A.R.LAW, LETTER DTD 11.9.76). [SEE 'BARON GLAMIS' WK NO.5197].
**14.4.89 DETAILS CONFIRMED BY BSAC WK REGISTER SUPPT. NO.71(285). NCA, POSN 545820N, 051059W FOR FILING ONLY.
General Comments : PLATES HALF BURIED IN SAND
Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY
Date Last Amended : 12/09/2003
Date Position Last Amended : 12/09/2003