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Reference
Date 19 April 2012
Event ID 939832
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/939832
UKHO Identifier : 058347
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Distributed remains of wreck
State : DEAD
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 56.53305,-5.80362
Horizontal Datum : ETRS 1989
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 56.53305,-5.80362
WGS84 Origin : Original
Previous Position : 56.53323,-5.80253
Position Method : Global Positioning System
Position Quality : Precisely known
Position Accuracy : 25.0
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 15
Vertical Datum : Mean Low Water Springs
Name : JOHN PRESTON
Type : SV (SCHOONER)
Flag : BRITISH
Length : 23.2
Beam : 5.9
Draught : 3.5
Orientation : 90.0
Tonnage : 116
Tonnage Type : Gross
Cargo : ROOFING SLATE
Date Sunk : 02/12/1882
Bottom Texture : Sand
Contact Description : Notable debris
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Last Sensor : Diver Sighting
Original Detection Year : 1882
Last Detection Year : 2000
Original Source : Other
Last Source : Divers
Circumstances of Loss : **BUILT IN 1855 IN WALES. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY E WILLIAMS, PORT DINORWIC. PASSAGE PORT DINORWIC FOR FRASERBURGH. STRANDED IN FORCE 10 GALE 0.5M W OF LOCHALINE PIER, MULL. CREW SAFE. (ARGYLL SHIPWRECKS, SHIPWRECKS OF W SCOTLAND, SIBI).
Surveying Details : **5.4.00 REMAINS OF WRECK LIE IN 5631.983N, 0548.217W [WGD] ON EDGE OF SAND/SHINGLE LEDGE IN GEN DEPTH 15MTRS. LIES PARALLEL TO SHORELINE. ONE LARGE PIECE OF HULL REMAINS, REST OF REMAINS OF VESSEL AND PILES OF SLATES SCATTERED ON SEABED. SITE DIAGRAM. (ARGYLL SHIPWRECKS). STS. NCA.
**5.4.00 MOST PROMINENT PART OF WK IS THE KEELSON, THE LONG TIMBER OVERLYING THE KEEL. (DIVER MAGAZINE, APR '00).
**13.2.12 EXAM'D 30.10.11 USING M/B. NOT LOCATED WITH 250MTRS OF LISTED POSN. SEABED GENERALLY FLAT. (NETSURVEY, HI 1374). AMEND DEAD. NCA.
