Moray (Possibly): East Head, North Sea
Craft (Possible)
Site Name Moray (Possibly): East Head, North Sea
Classification Craft (Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Portsoy; Moray Firth; Unknown
Canmore ID 101808
Site Number NJ66NW 8001
NGR NJ 60957 68978
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/101808
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Maritime - Aberdeenshire
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NJ66NW 8001 6095 6898
N57 42.55 W2 39.3167
NLO: East Head [name: NJ 603 669]
Portsoy [name: NJ 590 665].
See also NJ56NE 8032.
Formerly entered as NJ66NW 8314.
Quality of fix = D
Horizontal Datum = OGB
General water depth = 32
Surveying Details
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5 August 1986. Possible wreckage was located by a local fishing skipper at 57 42 33N, 002 39 19W.
Report by HMS BULLDOG.
Hydrographic Office 1995.
(No location specified). The remains of a vessel known locally as the Moray are regularly visited by recreational divers from charter boats. The location is retained by the operators but may lie on map sheet NJ66NW: an equation with RCAHMS NJ66NW 8001 is suggested.
The remains lie on on a rocky shingle seabed in a general depth of about 30-32m, and are very broken, possibly as a result of salvage which is said to have taken place during the 1960's. There is a shallow reef (about 10m above the seabed) on the port side.
The vessel lies roughly SE (bow)-NW. There is a lot of scattered plating, as well as steel rods, piping, and an intact condenser. The boiler and (triple expansion) engine-block stand upright (3-4m above the seabed); the prop shaft and propeller are also evident, the last being of 4-bladed type with 2 of them snapped off. There are also various winches and pulley wheels, and what looks like a small donkey boiler. The anchors were not seen; they are said to be of Admiralty Pattern, but one issaid to have been raised in recent months.
Information from Mr S Adams (South Queensferry Sub-Aqua Club, BSAC 1262), 20 May 2006.
These remains may be equated with the recorded loss of the Moray (NJ56NE 8032), a steel steamship which foundered off Portsoy on 17 November 1893.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 28 July 2006.
Evidence Of Loss (1995)
Quality of fix = D
Horizontal Datum = OGB
General water depth = 32
Surveying Details
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5 August 1986. Possible wreckage was located by a local fishing skipper at 57 42 33N, 002 39 19W.
Report by HMS BULLDOG.
Hydrographic Office 1995.
Note (28 July 2006)
These remains may be equated with the recorded loss of the Moray (NJ56NE 8032), a steel steamship which foundered off Portsoy on 17 November 1893.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 28 July 2006.
Evidence Of Loss (20 May 2006)
(No location specified). The remains of a vessel known locally as the Moray are regularly visited by recreational divers from charter boats. The location is retained by the operators but may lie on map sheet NJ66NW: an equation with RCAHMS NJ66NW 8001 is suggested.
The remains lie on on a rocky shingle seabed in a general depth of about 30-32m, and are very broken, possibly as a result of salvage which is said to have taken place during the 1960's. There is a shallow reef (about 10m above the seabed) on the port side.
The vessel lies roughly SE (bow)-NW. There is a lot of scattered plating, as well as steel rods, piping, and an intact condenser. The boiler and (triple expansion) engine-block stand upright (3-4m above the seabed); the prop shaft and propeller are also evident, the last being of 4-bladed type with 2 of them snapped off. There are also various winches and pulley wheels, and what looks like a small donkey boiler. The anchors were not seen; they are said to be of Admiralty Pattern, but one issaid to have been raised in recent months.
Information from Mr S Adams (South Queensferry Sub-Aqua Club, BSAC 1262), 20 May 2006.
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 002197
Feature Class : Wreck
State : DEAD
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 57.70917,-2.65528
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 57.70889,-2.65686
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Method : DECCA navigator
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 32
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 5.8.86 POSSIBLE WKGE LOCATED BY LOCAL FISHING SKIPPER IN 574233N, 023919W. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 246). NCA.
**H2336/84 13.11.86 DELETE. NO RECORD HELD. (HMS BULLDOG, 22.10.86) AMENDED TO DEAD.
Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY
Date Last Amended : 17/10/2003
