Unknown: North Sea
Craft (Possible)
Site Name Unknown: North Sea
Classification Craft (Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Peterhead; Foul
Canmore ID 101841
Site Number NK14NE 8002
NGR NK 15930 45860
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/101841
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Maritime - Aberdeenshire
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NK14NE 8002 1584 4945
N57 32.1 W1 44.1167
NLO: Peterhead [name: NK 135 465].
Formerly entered as NK14NE 8347.
'This would appear to be a large wreck'.
L Zanelli 1970.
Quality of fix = HSA
Evidence = Swept by Wire (Single Ship/Boat Drift Sweep)
Horizontal Datum = OGB
General water depth = 48
Surveying Details
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6 April 1959. The obstruction was drift swept clear at 35.3 metres, but fouled at 37.1 metres. The least depth by echosounder was 35.9 metres in a general depth of 48.1 metres. The depth of the scour pit was 0.6 metres.
Horizontal sextant angle fix: Buchan Ness lighthouse 23-40 Coastguard station 52-15 Bear Hill; Buchan Ness lighthouse 20-36 Meet Hill tree 55-18 Bear Hill. The 'hsa' fix gives 57 32 06N, 001 44 07W.
Report by HMS SCOTT, 5 September 1958.
Hydrographic Office 1995.
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 078420
Feature Class : Obstn
Obstruction Category : Foul ground
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 57.50267,-1.73583
Horizontal Datum : ETRS 1989
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 57.50267,-1.73583
WGS84 Origin : Original
Position Quality : Precisely known
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 50
Vertical Datum : Mean Low Water Springs
Name : Foul
Contact Description : Notable debris
Original Sensor : Physical Snag
Original Detection Year : 2011
Original Source : Other
Surveying Details : **SEP 2011/000162692 12.9.11 VESSELS HAVE FOULED ANCHORS ON DUMPED WIRES IN VICINITY OF POSN 1 MILE E OF KEITH INCH. WIRES WERE DUMPED A NUMER OF YEARS AGO. LEGEND: 'ANCHORING NOT RECOMMENDED' REQUESTED. (CAPT C T HEMINGWAY, HM PETERHEAD, VIA P DIXON (SD EDITOR). INS AS CIRCULAR FOUL AREA, RADIUS 0.25MILE, CENTRED ON 5730.16N, 0144.15W [WGD]. - NM ACTION.
General Comments : DUMPED HAWSERS
Chart Symbol : FA
Charting Comments : CIRCULAR AREA RADIUS 0.25 MILE
Date Last Amended : 12/09/2011
