Hms Strathrannoch: St Abbs Head, North Sea
Requisitioned Trawler (20th Century), Steam Trawler (20th Century)
Site Name Hms Strathrannoch: St Abbs Head, North Sea
Classification Requisitioned Trawler (20th Century), Steam Trawler (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Hmt Strathrannoch; Hms Strathrannock; A 752; Firth Of Forth; Strathrannoch (A 752)
Canmore ID 101609
Site Number NT96NW 8004
NGR NT 93071 69062
NGR Description NT c. 93 69
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/101609
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Maritime - Scottish Borders, The
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NT96NW 8004 c. 93 69
N55 55 W2 7
NLO: St Abbs Head [name: NT 911 694].
Formerly entered at cited location NT 9270 6928.
Possibly on map sheet NT97SW.
Quality of fix = PA
Evidence = Estimated
Horizontal Datum = OGB
General water depth = 50
Circumstances of Loss Details
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HMS STRATHRANNOCK was requistioned. In 1917, she was sunk by mine off At Abb's Head.
Source: World War I Shipping Loses.
Surveying Details
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24 March 1919. The wreck's position is given as 55 55 00N, 002 07 00W
Report by Senior Naval Officer, Granton.
Hydrographic Office 1995.
(Classified as HM steel trawler: date of loss cited as 6 April 1917). Strathrannoch (A 752): this vessel was mined off St Abbs Head.
Registration: Aberdeen. Built 1917. 215grt. Length: 36m. Beam: 7m.
(Location of loss cited as N55 55.0 W2 7.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location and map sheet assigned to this record remain unverified. No accurate location is apparently available for this wreck. The location previously cited was an over-precise conversion from the lat/long position cited by HO.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 9 September 2005.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 109
Name : STRATHRANNOCH (A 752)
Latitude : 555500
Longitude : 20700
Date Built : 1917
Registration : ABERDEEN
Type : HM TRAWLER (STEEL)
Tonnage : 215
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 36
Beam : 7
Draught : 4m
Position : Position Approximate
Loss Day : 6
Loss Month : 4
Loss Year : 1917
Comment : Mined off St Abbs Hd
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 004219
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Non-dangerous wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 55.91460,-2.11243
Horizontal Datum : ETRS 1989
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 55.91460,-2.11243
WGS84 Origin : Original
Previous Position : 55.91667,-2.11667
Position Method : Differential Global Positioning System
Position Quality : Surveyed
Position Accuracy : 13.0
Depth : 47.0
Depth Method : Found by echo-sounder
Depth Quality : Least depth known
Water Depth : 56
Water Level Effect : Always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : HMS STRATHRANNOCK
Type : S TRAWLER
Flag : BRITISH
Length : 36.0
Beam : 6.7
Draught : 3.7
Sonar Length : 18.0
Sonar Width : 7.0
Shadow Height : 7.8
Orientation : 0.0
Tonnage : 215
Tonnage Type : Gross
Date Sunk : 06/04/1917
Bottom Texture : Sand
Magnetic Anomaly : Strong
Sonar Signal Strength : Moderate
Scour Depth : 1.2
Scour Length : 4.0
