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Adventure: North Sea
Fishing Vessel (20th Century), Steam Trawler (20th Century)
Site Name Adventure: North Sea
Classification Fishing Vessel (20th Century), Steam Trawler (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Fd 154; Pd 239; '10 Miles Sse Of Buchanness'; Buchan Ness; Adventure (Probably); Adventure (Pd 239)
Canmore ID 101745
Site Number NK22NE 8003
NGR NK 28021 27670
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/101745
- Council Maritime
- Parish Maritime - Offshore
- Former Region Not Applicable
- Former District Not Applicable
- Former County Not Applicable
NK21NE 8001 unlocated
NLO: Buchan Ness [name: NK 137 422].
Formerly entered as NK22NE 8251 at cited location NK 2677 2704 [N57 20 W1 33], and also as NK22NE 8001 at cited location NK c. 26 27 [N57 20 W1 34].
See also NK31NW 8001.
Quality of fix = PA
Horizontal Datum = OGB
Circumstances of Loss Details
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The ADVENTURE was mined.
Hydrographic Office 1995.
(Classified as steel trawler: registration number cited as PD 239, and date of loss as 6 January 1922). Adventure: mine in net, sank 10 miles SSE of Buchanness [Buchan Ness].
Registration: Peterhead. Built 1906. 184grt. Length: 33m. Beam: 6m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 16.0 W1 32.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially tentative, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker. What may be the wreck of this vessel is recorded as NK31NW 8001.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 14 February 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 864
Name : ADVENTURE (PD 239)
Latitude : 571600
Longitude : 13200
Date Built : 1906
Registration : PETERHEAD
Type : TRAWLER (STEEL)
Tonnage : 184
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 33
Beam : 6
Draught : 3m
Position : Position Approximate
Loss Day : 6
Loss Month : 1
Loss Year : 1922
Comment : Mine in net, sank 10 miles SSE of Buchanness.
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 002247
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Non-dangerous wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 57.33870,-1.53615
Horizontal Datum : ETRS 1989
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 57.33870,-1.53615
WGS84 Origin : Original
Previous Position : 57.33333,-1.55000
Position Method : Differential Global Positioning System
Position Quality : Surveyed
Position Accuracy : 3.0
Depth : 81.0
Depth Method : Found by multi-beam
Depth Quality : Least depth known
Water Depth : 87
Water Level Effect : Always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum : Mean Low Water Springs
Name : ADVENTURE (PROBABLY)
Type : S FISHING
Flag : BRITISH
Length : 33.6
Beam : 6.5
Draught : 3.5
Sonar Length : 40.0
Sonar Width : 9.0
Shadow Height : 5.4
Orientation : 45.0
Tonnage : 184
Tonnage Type : Gross
Date Sunk : 06/01/1922
Bottom Texture : Sand
Magnetic Anomaly : Slight
Sonar Signal Strength : Strong
Debris Field : NIL
Contact Description : Entire wreck
