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Unknown: Troup Head, North Sea

Obstruction (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Unknown: Troup Head, North Sea

Classification Obstruction (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Gardenstown; Moray Firth; Unknown

Canmore ID 101724

Site Number NJ76NE 8001

NGR NJ 79092 67946

Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Aberdeenshire
  • Parish Maritime - Aberdeenshire
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Maritime
  • Former County Not Applicable

Archaeology Notes

NJ76NE 8001 7909 6794

N57 42.0667 W2 21.05

NLO: Gardenstown [name: NJ 799 648]

Troup Head [name: NJ 824 674].

Formerly entered as NJ76NE 8230.

Quality of fix = D

Horizontal Datum = OGB

General water depth = 36

Surveying Details

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22 July 1986. Possible wreckage was reported in 57 42 04N, 002 21 03W by a local fishing skipper.

Report by HMS BULLDOG.

13 November 1986. The decca co-ordinates were given - (n scot) green c 34.1, purple e 77.7.

Report by HMS BULLDOG, 22 October 1986.

Hydrographic Office 1995.

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Reference (19 April 2012)

UKHO Identifier : 002183

Feature Class : Wreck

Wreck Category : Distributed remains of wreck

State : DEAD

Classification : Unclassified

Position (Lat/long) : 57.70111,-2.35083

Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)

WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 57.70084,-2.35246

WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)

Position Method : DECCA navigator

Position Quality : Unreliable

Depth Quality : Depth unknown

Water Depth : 36

Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide

Name : UNKNOWN

Contact Description : Notable debris

Original Sensor : None reported

Original Detection Year : 1986

Original Source : Other

Surveying Details : **H2336/84 22.7.86 POSSIBLE WKGE REPD IN 574204N, 022103W BY LOCAL FISHING SKIPPER. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 246). NCA YET.

**H2336/84 19.1.87 NO WRECKAGE LOCATED. AREA OF SMALL BOULDERS LIES CLOSE N OF POSN. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 246). AMENDED TO DEAD.

General Comments : POSSIBLE WRECKAGE

Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY

Date Last Amended : 01/08/2008

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