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
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/101724
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Maritime - Aberdeenshire
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
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.
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
