Cradock (Possibly): North Sea
Steam Trawler (20th Century)
Site Name Cradock (Possibly): North Sea
Classification Steam Trawler (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Craddock; William Chalmers; '14 Miles Nne Of St Abb's Head'; '11 Miles Nne Of St Abb's Head'; Cradock
Canmore ID 101604
Site Number NU09NW 8012
NGR NU 00 95
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/101604
- Council Maritime
- Parish Maritime - Offshore
- Former Region Not Applicable
- Former District Not Applicable
- Former County Not Applicable
NT99NE 8028 unlocated
NLO: St Abbs Head [name: NT 911 694].
See also NT99SE 8001.
Formerly entered as NT98NE 8001 (unlocated), NT68NE 8004 at cited location NT 6836 8794 (N56 5 W2), and NT88NW 8003 at cited location NT 8185 8786 [N56 5 W2 0].
Possibly within quasi-administrative area designated as Maritime - Scottish Borders.
Quality of fix = PD
Evidence = Estimated
Horizontal Datum = OGB
General water depth = 55
Circumstances of Loss Details
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The vessel was bombed and sunk by German aircraft.
Source: World War II Shipping Loses.
Surveying Details
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The Rosyth wreck list, supplement 17, gives the position 12 miles NE of St Abbs Head, or 56 05 00N, 001 57 00W.
10 November 1941. The Rosyth wreck list supplement 17 gives 14 miles NNE of St Abbs Head or 56 09 00N, 002 00 00W. This is accepted for the wreck's position.
Source: Hydrographic Office 1995.
(Classified as steel steam trawler: date of loss cited as 8 November 1941). Cradock: this vessel was bombed by aircraft14 miles NNE of St Abbs Head.
Registration: North Shields. Built 1919. 204grt. Length: 35m. Beam: 7m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 9.0 W2 0.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet and quasi-administrative area assigned to this record are essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location that is cited by Whittaker. The vessel may have sunk within the quasi-administrative area designated as Maritime - Scottish Borders.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 19 May 2008.
Loss (8 November 1941)
(Classified as steel steam trawler: date of loss cited as 8 November 1941). Cradock: this vessel was bombed by aircraft14 miles NNE of St Abbs Head.
Registration: North Shields. Built 1919. 204grt. Length: 35m. Beam: 7m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 9.00 W2 0.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Evidence Of Loss (1995)
Quality of fix = PD
Evidence = Estimated
Horizontal Datum = OGB
General water depth = 55
Circumstances of Loss Details
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The vessel was bombed and sunk by German aircraft.
Source: World War II Shipping Loses.
Surveying Details
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The Rosyth wreck list, supplement 17, gives the position 12 miles NE of St Abbs Head, or 56 05 00N, 001 57 00W.
10 November 1941. The Rosyth wreck list supplement 17 gives 14 miles NNE of St Abbs Head or 56 09 00N, 002 00 00W. This is accepted for the wreck's position.
Source: Hydrographic Office 1995.
External Reference (2003)
Displacement: 88nrt
Engines: 75hp.
Admiralty no. 4472.
William Chalmers: in Admiralty service 1919.
Port of registry: SN8.
This vessel was built at Leith by Hawthorn, launched on 30 August 1919, and completed as a fishing vessel. She was owned by Shields Engineering and Dry Dock Co of North Shields.
G Toghill 2003.
External Reference (2009)
(Location cited as c. N56 5.00 W2 0.00: '11 miles NNE of St Abbs Head').
(Descrioption of the history of the vessel and her loss: identified as the Boyne Castle).
B Baird 2009.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 426
Name : CRADOCK
Latitude : 560900
Longitude : 20000
Date Built : 1919
Registration : NORTH SHIELDS
Type : STEAM TRAWLER(STEEL)
Tonnage : 204
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 35
Beam : 7
Draught : 4m
Position : Position Doubtful
Loss Day : 8
Loss Month : 11
Loss Year : 1941
Comment : Bombed by A/C 14 miles NNE of St Abbs Head.
Named Location (Nlo) (5 March 2012)
NLO: St Abbs Head [name: NT 911 694].
See also NT99SE 8001.
Formerly entered as NT98NE 8001 (unlocated), NT68NE 8004 at cited location NT 6836 8794 (N56 5 W2), NT88NW 8003 at cited location NT 8185 8786 [N56 5 W2 0] and NT99NE 8028 (unlocated).
Possibly within Maritime - East Lothian.
External Reference (7 March 2012)
The location of loss of this vessel. The listed posn of 56 06N, 02 00W was disproved by survey in 2004.
Information from Lieutenant Commander N McEachan, Royal Navy, Wrecks Section, UKHO, 7 March 2012.
Note (5 March 2012)
(Re-entered as NU09NW 8012). The map sheet and quasi-administrative area assigned to this record are essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location that is cited by UKHO.
The significance of this record remains unclear. It may refer to a net snag. No source is cited for either the location that is cited by UKHO or the equation of this location with the recorded loss of the Cradock. Neither diver survey nor sonar imagery is apparently available.
The loss of this vessel may have occurred within the quasi-administrative area that is designated Maritime - East Lothian.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 5 March 2012.
