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Unknown: North Sea
Craft (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Unknown: North Sea
Classification Craft (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) St Abbs Head; Eyemouth; Unknown
Canmore ID 101591
Site Number NU06NW 8002
NGR NU 04166 69284
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/101591
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Maritime - Scottish Borders, The
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NU07SW 8001 0416 7028
N55 55.5 W1 56
NLO: St Abbs Head [name: NT 911 694]
Eyemouth [name: NT 945 644].
Quality of fix = PA
Horizontal Datum = OGB
General water depth = 60
Surveying Details
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16 May 1960. The list of navigational hazards from Rosyth gives a site at 55 55 30N, 001 56 00W. The site gives a good echosounder trace. Original date of report for list, 24 April 1945.
Hydrographic Office 1995
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 30
Name : UNKNOWN
Latitude : 555530
Longitude : 15600
Position : Position Approximate
Comment : Located in 1945 or earlier during ww2. Suspect same as 5550/0156
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 004495
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Non-dangerous wreck
State : DEAD
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 55.91667,-1.93333
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 55.91663,-1.93492
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Quality : Approximate
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 60
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : UNKNOWN
Contact Description : None reported
Original Sensor : Acoustic Sensor
Original Detection Year : 1945
Original Source : Naval Vessel
Surveying Details : **H066/45 GOOD E/S TRACE IN POSN 555500N, 015600W. (ROSYTH LIST, APPENDIX I, 29.4.45).
**6.6.72 INS AS NDWPA. LC 1192.
**7.11.72 AMEND TO USCPA 15FMS. NE 1407.
**H4622/71 14.9.72 AMEND TO USCPA 28MTRS. NC 160.
**17.2.78 AMEND TO NDWPA. NC 1407.
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. BR STD.
Chart Symbol : NDW PA
Date Last Amended : 16/01/2002
