Unknown: North Sea
Craft
Site Name Unknown: North Sea
Classification Craft
Alternative Name(s) The 'knock Wreck'; Kinnaird Head; Kinnairds Head; Unknown
Canmore ID 101863
Site Number NK07NW 8001
NGR NK 02791 76675
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/101863
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Maritime - Aberdeenshire
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NK07NW 8001 0279 7738
N57 46.8 W1 57.1833
NLO: Kinnaird Head [name: NJ 998 676].
Formerly entered as NK07NW 8368.
Quality of fix = EDM
Evidence = Vertical Scan
Horizontal Datum = OGB
General water depth = 73
Orientation of keel/wreck = 035/215
Surveying Details
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17 April 1945. A sonar contact was reported at 57 46 12N, 001 57 48W. The vessel's length is 110 feet (33.5 metres), and has a height of 30 feet (9.1 metres).
20 June 1986. The site is known locally as the 'knock wreck'. It was examined on the 11 February 1986 at 57 46 48N, 001 57 11W. The 4 range trisponder gave NGR eastings 402798, northings 876666. Decca (n scot) red d 19.56, green c 46.42, purple f 57.99. The least echosounder depth was 59.2 in a general depth of 73 metres. The side scan sonar confirmed that there were no scour pits. The vessel is lying with its keel orientated 035/215 degrees with the bows to the NE. Its length is about 133.7 metres (436 feet), and its beam is 26.9 metres (88 feet). The wreck has 2 high points and has a build-up of sand against it to south.
Report by HMS BULLDOG.
Hydrographic Office 1995.
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 002333
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Non-dangerous wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 57.78000,-1.95306
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 57.77973,-1.95474
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Previous Position : 57.77000,-1.96167
Position Method : Electronic Distance Measuring System
Position Quality : Surveyed
Position Accuracy : 13.0
Depth : 59.0
Depth Method : Found by echo-sounder
Depth Quality : Least depth known
Water Depth : 73
Water Level Effect : Always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : UNKNOWN
Sonar Length : 133.7
Sonar Width : 26.9
Orientation : 35.0
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Acoustic Sensor
Last Sensor : Acoustic Sensor
Original Detection Year : 1945
Last Detection Year : 1986
Original Source : Naval Vessel
Last Source : Survey Vessel
Surveying Details : **17.4.45 SONAR CONTACT IN 574612N, 015748W. LENGTH 110FT, HEIGHT 30FT. (AUBD 313/13, EG 30).
**H066/45 29.4.45 REPD WK. (ROSYTH LIST).
**H8485/58 13.12.72 CHARTED AS NDWPA IN 574612N, 015742W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 115.
**H2336/84 20.6.86 EXAM'D 11.2.86 IN 574648N, 015711W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 59.2 IN GEN DEPTH 73MTRS, CONFIRMED BY HYDROSEARCH. NO SCOUR. LYING 035/215DEGS, BOWS NE. LENGTH 133.7MTRS, BEAM 26.9MTRS. HAS 2 HIGH POINTS AND HAS BUILD-UP OF SAND TO S OF THE WK. KNOWN LOCALLY AS THE 'KNOCK WRECK'. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 246). BR STD.
General Comments : INTACT, BOWS NE, SAND BUILT UP TO SOUTH
Chart Symbol : WK 59.0
Date Last Amended : 28/11/2002
Date Position Last Amended : 28/07/1986
