Caledonia [possibly]: Inner Moray Firth
Craft
Site Name Caledonia [possibly]: Inner Moray Firth
Classification Craft
Alternative Name(s) ' 0.5 Mile, East By North [magnetic] From The East Riff Buoy'; Scares Of Causea; Lossiemouth; Covesea Skerries; North Sea; Caledonia
Canmore ID 101926
Site Number NH86SW 8001
NGR NH 83373 63420
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/101926
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NH86SW 8001 8337 6342
N57 38.75 W3 57.25
NLO: Lossiemouth [name: NJ 235 705]
Covesea Skerries [name: NJ 196 719]
Covesea Lighthouse [name: NJ 203 712].
Formerly entered as NH86SW 8433.
See also NH86SW 8002 and NJ17SE 8009.
See also NH86SW 8003.
Quality of fix = PA
Horizontal Datum = OGB
General water depth = 13
Surveying Details
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1 September 1923. The CALEDONIA is reported to have sank 0.5 mile, east by north [magnetic] from the east Riff buoy.
Source; Lloyd's List, 31 August 1923.
10 March 1976. The site was not found during close echosounder search during July 1975.
Reprt by HMS ENTERPRISE.
Hydrographic Office, 1995.
The significance of this record remains unclear. it may refer to a net snag.
Whittaker locates the wreck at Scares of Causea [Covesea Skerries], Lossiemouth, but cites no evidence for doing so.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 13 February 2002.
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 002067
Feature Class : Wreck
State : DEAD
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 57.64583,-3.95417
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 57.64555,-3.95557
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 13
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : CALEDONIA
Flag : ?BRITISH
Date Sunk : 27/08/1923
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Original Detection Year : 1923
Original Source : Other
Surveying Details : **H6025/23 1.9.23 SANK 0.5 MILE, E BY N (MAG) FROM E RIFF BUOY. (LL 31.8.23). INS AS NDW IN 573845N, 035715W [OGB]. BR STD.
**23.10.74 AMEND TO DW. NC 1077.
**H2671/76 10.3.76 NOT FOUND DURING CLOSE E/S SEARCH JULY 1975. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 82 & 83/75). DELETE. AMENDED TO DEAD. BR STD.
Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY
Date Last Amended : 17/11/2003
