St Geraldine (Possibly): Moray Firth
Craft, Fishing Vessel
Site Name St Geraldine (Possibly): Moray Firth
Classification Craft, Fishing Vessel
Alternative Name(s) Saint Geraldine; Covesea Skerries; Halliman Skerries; North Sea; St Geraldine
Canmore ID 101705
Site Number NJ17NE 8001
NGR NJ 16958 76355
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/101705
- Council Moray
- Parish Maritime - Moray
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NJ17NE 8001 1695 7635
N57 46.1667 W3 23.7667
NLO: Covesea Skerries [name: NJ 196 719].
Formerly entered as NJ17NE 8211.
Formerly entered in error under classification Fishing Vessel.
Quality of fix = EDM
Evidence = Echo sounder
Horizontal Datum = OGB
General water depth = 56
Orientation of keel/wreck = E/W
Surveying Details
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16 April 1945. The wreck's position is given as 57 46 12N, 003 23 48W. Its length is 46 feet (14 metres) and height 18 feet (5.4 metres). Its keel lies on an orientation of 080/260 degrees.
21 December 1984. The site is stated to be the wreck of the ST GERALDINE.
Telephone report by B Greig.
24 March 1986. The site was examined on 13 November 1985 at 57 46 10N, 003 23 46W. NGR eastings 316963, northings 876360. The least echosounder depth was 53 in a general depth of 56 metres. No scour pits were observed. The side scan sonar indicated a heightof 3.9 metres, a length of 15 metres, and a beam of 5 metres. The keel is on an orientation of 0/180 degrees lying e/s. The site was confirmed as a small wreck by underwater video (supplied by HMS CATTISTOCK).
Report by HMS BEAGLE.
Hydrographic Office 1995.
Unknown: pre-1945.
Length: 14m.
(Location cited as N57 46.20 W3 23.80).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Material reported under RoW amnesty (2001):
A1204 mushroom vent, 2 portholes: from seabed.
NMRS, MS/829/35.
UKHO chart no. 115 (1978, revised 1993) charts this wreck (Wk) at 62m depth 3nm of the Covesea (or Halliman) Skerries lighthouse (NJ27SW 20.00: NJ 20375 71273). The location indicated falls within the S side of the dropoff into the deep channel of the Inner Moray Firth. No seabed type is indicated nearby.
The date and circumstances of the loss of this vessel remain unclear.
The possible equation (by UKHO) of this wreck with the recorded loss of the Saint Geraldine remains unverified, but is tentatively accepted. No loss of that name is cited by Whittaker.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 25 September 2003.
Evidence Of Loss (1995)
Quality of fix = EDM
Evidence = Echo sounder
Horizontal Datum = OGB
General water depth = 56
Orientation of keel/wreck = E/W
Surveying Details
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16 April 1945. The wreck's position is given as 57 46 12N, 003 23 48W. Its length is 46 feet (14 metres) and height 18 feet (5.4 metres). Its keel lies on an orientation of 080/260 degrees.
21 December 1984. The site is stated to be the wreck of the ST GERALDINE.
Telephone report by B Greig.
24 March 1986. The site was examined on 13 November 1985 at 57 46 10N, 003 23 46W. NGR eastings 316963, northings 876360. The least echosounder depth was 53 in a general depth of 56 metres. No scour pits were observed. The side scan sonar indicated a heightof 3.9 metres, a length of 15 metres, and a beam of 5 metres. The keel is on an orientation of 0/180 degrees lying e/s. The site was confirmed as a small wreck by underwater video (supplied by HMS CATTISTOCK).
Report by HMS BEAGLE.
Hydrographic Office 1995.
Evidence Of Loss (1998)
Unknown: pre-1945.
Length: 14m.
(Location cited as N57 46.20 W3 23.80).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Evidence Of Loss (2001)
Material reported under RoW amnesty (2001):
A1204 mushroom vent, 2 portholes: from seabed.
NMRS, MS/829/35.
Note (25 September 2003)
UKHO chart no. 115 (1978, revised 1993) charts this wreck (Wk) at 62m depth 3nm of the Covesea (or Halliman) Skerries lighthouse (NJ27SW 20.00: NJ 20375 71273). The location indicated falls within the S side of the dropoff into the deep channel of the Inner Moray Firth. No seabed type is indicated nearby.
The date and circumstances of the loss of this vessel remain unclear.
The possible equation (by UKHO) of this wreck with the recorded loss of the Saint Geraldine remains unverified, but is tentatively accepted. No loss of that name is cited by Whittaker.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 25 September 2003.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 1210
Name : UNKNOWN
Latitude : 574612
Longitude : 32348
Length : 14
Position : Position Approximate
Comment : Pre 1945
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 002081
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Non-dangerous wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 57.76944,-3.39611
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 57.76915,-3.39760
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Previous Position : 57.77000,-3.39667
Position Method : Electronic Distance Measuring System
Position Quality : Surveyed
Position Accuracy : 13.0
Depth : 52.0
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 : ST GERALDINE
Type : FV
Flag : BRITISH
Length : 14.0
Sonar Length : 15.0
Sonar Width : 5.0
Shadow Height : 3.9
Orientation : 90.0
Scour Depth : 0.0
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Acoustic Sensor
Last Sensor : Acoustic Sensor
Original Detection Year : 1945
Last Detection Year : 1986
Original Source : Naval Vessel
Last Source : Survey Vessel
Surveying Details : **16.4.45 POSN 574612N, 032348W. LENGTH 46FT. HT 18FT. DIRN 080/260 DEGS. (AUBD 314/8, EG 30).
**1.12.70 INS AS NDW IN 574612N, 032348W. LC 115.
**21.8.78 AMEND TO WK 50MTRS. BR STD.
**21.12.84 STATED TO BE WK OF ST GERALDINE. (B GREIG, TELECON).
**H2336/84 24.3.86 EXAM'D 13.11.85 IN 574610N, 032346W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 53 IN GEN DEPTH 56MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 3.9MTRS. LENGTH 15MTRS, BEAM 5MTRS. LYING E/W. CONFIRMED AS SMALL WK BY U/W TV. (HMS CATTISTOCK). (HMS BEAGLE, HI 246). AMEND TO WK 52MTRS. BR STD.
General Comments : SMALL WK
