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Lady Primrose: North Sea
Drifter (20th Century), Motor Drifter (20th Century)
Site Name Lady Primrose: North Sea
Classification Drifter (20th Century), Motor Drifter (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Fr 649; '6 Miles Ese Of Kinnaird Head'; Lady Primrose; Lady Primrose (Fr 649)
Canmore ID 101858
Site Number NK06NE 8001
NGR NK 09931 68338
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/101858
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Maritime - Aberdeenshire
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NK06NE 8001 0993 6836
N57 42.3 W1 50
NLO: Kinnaird Head [name: NJ 998 676].
Formerly entered as NK06NE 8364 at cited location NK 0993 6836 [N57 42.3 W1 50].
See also NK06NE 8002.
Quality of fix = PA
Horizontal Datum = OGB
General water depth = 48
Circumstances of Loss Details
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The LADY PRIMROSE sank following a fire.
Surveying Details
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18 April 1922. The vessel sank 6 miles ESE of Kinnaird Head.
20 June 1986. Nothing was found during side scan sonar survey to the west of this position. The site was on the edge of the survey area.
Report by HMS BULLDOG.
Hydrographic Office, 1995.
(Classified as Motor Drifter: registration cited as FR 649, and date of loss as 6 April 1922). Lady Primrose: this vessel caught fire and sank 6 miles ESE of Kinnaird Head, or 7 miles E by N.
Registration: Fraserburgh. 39nrt.
(Location of loss cited as N57 42.30 W1 50 .00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker.
This recorded loss is possibly to be equated with the wreck that is entered as NK06NE 8002.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 13 September 2001.
Loss (6 April 1922)
(Classified as Motor Drifter: registration cited as FR 649, and date of loss as 6 April 1922). Lady Primrose: this vessel caught fire and sank 6 miles ESE of Kinnaird Head, or 7 miles E by N.
Registration: Fraserburgh. 39nrt.
(Location of loss cited as N57 42.30 W1 50 .00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Evidence Of Loss (1995)
Quality of fix = PA
Horizontal Datum = OGB
General water depth = 48
Circumstances of Loss Details
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The LADY PRIMROSE sank following a fire.
Surveying Details
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18 April 1922. The vessel sank 6 miles ESE of Kinnaird Head.
20 June 1986. Nothing was found during side scan sonar survey to the west of this position. The site was on the edge of the survey area.
Report by HMS BULLDOG.
Hydrographic Office, 1995.
Note (13 September 2001)
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker.
This recorded loss is possibly to be equated with the wreck that is entered as NK06NE 8002.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 13 September 2001.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 1255
Name : LADY PRIMROSE (FR 649)
Latitude : 574218
Longitude : 15000
Registration : FRASERBURGH
Type : MOTOR DRIFTER
Tonnage : 39
Tonnage Code : N
Position : Position Approximate
Loss Day : 6
Loss Month : 4
Loss Year : 1922
Comment : Caught fire and sank 6 miles ESE of Kinnaird Head or 7 miles E by N.
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 002320
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Non-dangerous wreck
State : DEAD
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 57.70500,-1.83333
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 57.70474,-1.83503
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Quality : Approximate
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 52
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : LADY PRIMROSE
Type : M DRIFTER
Flag : BRITISH
Tonnage : 28
Tonnage Type : Gross
Date Sunk : ??/04/1922
Bottom Texture : Rock
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Original Detection Year : 1922
Original Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **SANK FOLLOWING A FIRE.
Surveying Details : **H2219/22 18.4.22 SUNK 6 MILES ESE OF KINNAIRD HEAD. (DIO ROSYTH, 8.4.22). INS AS OBSOLETE WK SYMBOL (1922)(PA) IN 574218N, 015000W. BR STD.
**8.9.23 AMEND TO NDW. BR STD.
**10.6.74 AMEND TO WK USC PA 28MTRS. NC 213.
**H2336/84 20.6.86 NOTHING FOUND DURING DCS3/2033 SWEEP TO THE W OF THIS POSN. ON EDGE OF SURVEY AREA. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 246). AMEND TO NDW PA. BR STD.
POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE
**HH091/155/01 & SEP 2010/000027978 15.1.10 NOT LOCATED BY M/B. (GARDLINE HYDRO, HI 1155). AMEND DEAD. BR STD.
Chart Symbol : NDW PA
Date Last Amended : 15/01/2010
