Trebartha: Cove Bay, North Sea
Steamship (20th Century)
Site Name Trebartha: Cove Bay, North Sea
Classification Steamship (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Trebarthia; Aberdeen; Trebartha
Canmore ID 101781
Site Number NJ90SE 8002
NGR NJ 95759 01231
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/101781
- Council Aberdeen, City Of
- Parish Maritime - Aberdeen City Of
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NJ90SE 8002 9560 0123
N57 6.1333 W2 4.2
NLO: Cove [name: NJ 950 015]
Cove Bay [name: NJ 947 015]
Aberdeen [name: NJ 95 05].
Formerly entered as NJ90SE 8287.
Horizontal Datum = OGB
Circumstances of Loss Details
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The TREBARTHA was bombed by aircraft 4 miles SE of Aberdeen.
Source: World War II Shipping Loses.
The TREBARTHA was bombed and then went ashore off Cove Bay,and broke in two.
Report by J Thompson, Stonehaven.
Surveying Details
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16 August 1972. The wreck's approximate position is given as 57 04 40N, 001 57 58W.
30 November 1977. The wreck's position is given as 57 06 08N, 002 04 12W and hard against rocks in a depth of 12.1 metres. The wreck is in two parts about 15 metres apart.
Report by letter from R Day.
30 March 1980. The wreck is well broken up and scattered around a line of rocks which nearly cover at high water springs. The engine and boilers stand about 4.5 metres high, but present no hazard to navigation because of the nearby rocks. There is also a 4-bladed cast iron propeller nearby.
Report by J Thompson, Stonehaven.
Hydrographic Office 1995.
(Classified as steel steamship: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 11 November 1940). Trebartha: [this vessel was] bombed by aircraft 4 miles SE of Aberdeen (at N57 7.45 W1 57.00), but came ashore.
Registration: St Ives. Built 1920. 4597grt. Length: 120ft. Beam: 16m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 6.13 W2 4.20).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 710
Name : TREBARTHA
Latitude : 570608
Longitude : 20412
Date Built : 1920
Registration : ST IVES
Type : SS (STEEL)
Tonnage : 4597
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 120
Beam : 16
Draught : 8m
Position : Exact Position
Loss Day : 11
Loss Month : 11
Loss Year : 1940
Comment : Bombed by A/C 4 miles SE of Aberdeen at 570745/015700 but came ashore
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 002135
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Non-dangerous wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 57.10222,-2.07000
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 57.10203,-2.07164
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 10
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : TREBARTHA
Type : SS
Flag : BRITISH
Length : 121.9
Beam : 15.8
Draught : 7.9
Tonnage : 4327
Tonnage Type : Gross
Cargo : IN BALLAST
Date Sunk : 11/11/1940
Contact Description : Notable debris
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Last Sensor : None reported
Original Detection Year : 1940
Last Detection Year : 1980
Original Source : Other
Last Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **BUILT IN 1920 BY J READHEAD & SONS LTD, SOUTH SHIELDS. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY HAIN SS CO LTD. THREE BOILERS, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 425NHP, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE LONDON FOR PHILADELPHIA. IN BALLAST. ATTACKED BY GERMAN AIRCRAFT WITH BOMBS AND MACHINE GUNS. CREW ABANDONED AND THE VESSEL DRIFTED ASHORE. SANK THE FOLLOWING DAY AFTER BREAKING IN HALF. (SIBI).
Surveying Details : **16.8.72 WK IN POSN 570440N, 015758W PA.
**H3965/75 30.11.77 WK IN 570608N, 020412W. HARD AGAINST ROCK IN DEPTH OF 40FT. IN TWO PARTS ABOUT 50FT APART. (R DAY, LTR).
**H1310/80 30.3.80 WELL BROKEN UP AND SCATTERED AROUND LINE OF ROCKS WHICH NEARLY COVER AT HWS. ENGINE & BOILERS STAND ABOUT 15FT HIGH BUT PRESENT NO HAZARD BECAUSE OF NEARBY ROCKS. 4-BLADED CAST IRON PROPELLER NEARBY. (J THOMPSON, STONEHAVEN). NCA.
General Comments : WELL BROKEN UP AND SCATTERED
Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY
Date Last Amended : 13/10/2003
