Taurus [possibly]: North Sea
Craft
Site Name Taurus [possibly]: North Sea
Classification Craft
Alternative Name(s) Baku Standard [possibly]; Gourdon; Unknown; Baku Standard (Possibly)
Canmore ID 101761
Site Number NO87SW 8050
NGR NO 84807 70527
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/101761
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Maritime - Aberdeenshire
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NO87SE 8001 8667 7047
N56 49.5 W2 12.6
NLO: Gourdon [name: NO 826 708].
See also NO86NE 8002 (Baku Standard) and NO97SW 8002 (Taurus).
Quality of fix = 0100
Horizontal Datum = OGB
General water depth = 35
Surveying Details
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26 April 1967. The wreck was located at 56 49 30N, 002 12 36W by HMS BLACKWOOD, using sonar and echosounders, in general depths of 27.7 - 35.9 metres. The site was not found by HMS EGERIA, but it is reccommended that HMS BLACKWOOD's report be accepted because of superiority of her sonar equipment.
Report by HMS EGERIA, 28 June 1966.
6 November 1972. It is considered that this wreck must have the least safe clearance depth of 18.2 metres if not found by HMS EGERIA.
11 January 1977. A large wreck, standing 10.9 -14.6 metres high, was located at 56 49 30N, 002 12 36W, approximately. The site has not yet been dived upon, but it is thought possibly to be the TAURUS [see 56 49 25N, 002 09 25W].
Report by W Mojsiewicz, 20 December 1976.
Hydrographic Office 1995.
(Classified as motor vessel, with cargo of cocoa and ground nuts: date of loss cited as 6 June 1941). Taurus: this vessel was bombed by aircraft, taken in tow, bombed again, and finally sank. (5647/0215?)
Registration: Tonsberg. Built 1935. 4767grt. Length: 122m. Beam: 16m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 49.42 W2 9.42).
(No classification or cargo specified: date of loss cited as 11 February 1918). Baku Standard (possibly): [no further information].
(Location of loss cited as N56 49.50 W2 12.60).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Material reported under RoW amnesty (2001):
A3082 2 maker's plates: from seabed
(Inscriptions not cited: no detailed location specified).
A4235 1 bell
(No accurate location cited).
NMRS, MS/829/35.
(Location entered as NO 8667 7047 [N56 49.5 W2 12.6]). The significance of this record remains unclear, and the wreck may be equated with that entered as NO97SW 8002 at cited location NO c. 904 702 [N56 49.4 W2 9.4]. It remains unclear from what location the artifacts reported under RoW amnesty (2001) were derived.
UKHO chart 210 (1976, revised 1995) charts this wreck as a sunken wreck 2.5nm E of Gourdon. No charted depth is specified for the wreck, but the general depth nearby is about 40m, and the seabed is of variable composition.
In the absence of diver or multibeam sonar survey, the identity and classification of this vessel remain unverified. The alternative identity (Baku Standard) that is cited by Whittaker also remains unverified.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 25 February 2004.
Loss (6 June 1941)
(Classified as motor vessel, with cargo of cocoa and ground nuts: date of loss cited as 6 June 1941). Taurus: this vessel was bombed by aircraft, taken in tow, bombed again, and finally sank. (5647/0215?)
Registration: Tonsberg. Built 1935. 4767grt. Length: 122m. Beam: 16m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 49.42 W2 9.42).
(No classification or cargo specified: date of loss cited as 11 February 1918). Baku Standard (possibly): [no further information].
(Location of loss cited as N56 49.50 W2 12.60).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Evidence Of Loss (1995)
Quality of fix = 0100
Horizontal Datum = OGB
General water depth = 35
Surveying Details
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26 April 1967. The wreck was located at 56 49 30N, 002 12 36W by HMS BLACKWOOD, using sonar and echosounders, in general depths of 27.7 - 35.9 metres. The site was not found by HMS EGERIA, but it is reccommended that HMS BLACKWOOD's report be accepted because of superiority of her sonar equipment.
Report by HMS EGERIA, 28 June 1966.
6 November 1972. It is considered that this wreck must have the least safe clearance depth of 18.2 metres if not found by HMS EGERIA.
11 January 1977. A large wreck, standing 10.9 -14.6 metres high, was located at 56 49 30N, 002 12 36W, approximately. The site has not yet been dived upon, but it is thought possibly to be the TAURUS [see 56 49 25N, 002 09 25W].
Report by W Mojsiewicz, 20 December 1976.
Hydrographic Office 1995.
Evidence Of Loss (2001)
Material reported under RoW amnesty (2001):
A3082 2 maker's plates: from seabed
(Inscriptions not cited: no detailed location specified).
A4235 1 bell
(No accurate location cited).
NMRS, MS/829/35.
Named Location (Nlo) (25 February 2004)
NLO: Gourdon [name: NO 826 708].
See also NO97SW 8002.
Note (25 February 2004)
(Location entered as NO 8667 7047 [N56 49.5 W2 12.6]). The significance of this record remains unclear, and the wreck may be equated with that entered as NO97SW 8002 at cited location NO c. 904 702 [N56 49.4 W2 9.4]. It remains unclear from what location the artifacts reported under RoW amnesty (2001) were derived.
UKHO chart 210 (1976, revised 1995) charts this wreck as a sunken wreck 2.5nm E of Gourdon. No charted depth is specified for the wreck, but the general depth nearby is about 40m, and the seabed is of variable composition.
In the absence of diver or multibeam sonar survey, the identity and classification of this vessel remain unverified. The alternative identity (Baku Standard) that is cited by Whittaker also remains unverified.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 25 February 2004.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 837
Name : BAKU STANDARD (POSSIBLY)
Latitude : 564930
Longitude : 21236
Position : Exact Position
Loss Day : 11
Loss Month : 2
Loss Year : 1918
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 071167
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Dangerous wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 56.82598,-2.25055
Horizontal Datum : ETRS 1989
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 56.82598,-2.25055
WGS84 Origin : Original
Previous Position : 56.82597,-2.25055
Position Method : Differential Global Positioning System
Position Quality : Surveyed
Position Accuracy : 3.0
Depth : 22.5
Depth Method : Found by multi-beam
Depth Quality : Least depth known
Water Depth : 24
Water Level Effect : Always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : UNKNOWN
Sonar Length : 10.0
Sonar Width : 3.0
Shadow Height : 2.2
Orientation : 85.0
Bottom Texture : Rock
Magnetic Anomaly : Moderate
Sonar Signal Strength : Moderate
Scour Depth : 0.0
Debris Field : NIL
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Acoustic Sensor
Original Detection Year : 2008
Original Source : Survey Vessel
Surveying Details : **HH091/152/01 & SEP 2008/000080688 20.6.08 EXAM'D 27.1.08 IN 5649.559N, 0215.033W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 22.5 IN GEN DEPTH 24.7MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 10MTRS, WIDTH 3MTRS, HT 2.2MTRS. LIES 085/265 DEGS WITH BOWS E. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SMALL, DEGRADED WK ON ROCKY SEABED. (GARDLINE HYDRO, HI 1152). INS AS WK 22.5MTRS. BR STD.
General Comments : INTACT, SMALL WK ON ROCKY SEABED, BOWS E
Chart Symbol : WK 22.5
Date Last Amended : 20/06/2008
