Hms Imogen (Possibly): North Sea
Craft
Site Name Hms Imogen (Possibly): North Sea
Classification Craft
Alternative Name(s) Duncansby Head; Unknown; No Name
Canmore ID 101997
Site Number ND46NE 8001
NGR ND 45573 65033
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/101997
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND46NE 8001 4557 6503
N58 34.2167 W2 56.15
NLO: Duncansby Head [name: ND 406 733].
Quality of fix = EDM
Evidence = Echo sounder
Horizontal Datum = OGB
General water depth = 80
Orientation of keel/wreck = 165345
Surveying Details
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25 July 1985. A wreck has been located at 58 34 13N, 002 56 09W. The least depth is 73 metres. The length is 55 metres (180 feet). The vessel is lying with its keel on an orientation of 165/345 degrees.
Report by HMS BEAGLE, 27 June 1985.
21 March 1986. The site was examined on 29 May 1985 at 58 34 13N, 002 56 09W. Trisponder ranges: Duncansby Head 9723 metres, Quoys Pillar 15026 metres, Muckle Skerry 13425 metres, Noss Head 12077 metres. Decca = [n scot] red c 7.45, green b 31.8, purple f 62.85. The least echosounder depth was 73 in a general depth of 80 metres. No scouring was observed. The side scan sonar indicated a height of 7.2 metres, length of 55 metres (180 feet), and lying with its keel orientated 165/345 degrees.
Report by HMS BEAGLE.
Hydrographic Office, 1995.
Chart symbol: Wk.
HMS Imogen (possibly): 16 July 1940.
(Location of loss cited as N58 34.17 W1 56.25).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The equation (by Whittaker) of this chart symbol with the loss of HMS Imogen (ND28SE 8004) remains unverified. It presumably refers to only one portion of the vessel.
The cited location falls about 9.3 km SE of Duncansby Head.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 11 May 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 6119
Name : NO NAME
Latitude : 583500
Longitude : 25500
Registration : Not Registered
Type : FORE AND AFT (WOOD)
Tonnage : 2
Loss Day : 14
Loss Month : 2
Loss Year : 1908
Comment : Collision and sunk approx 5 miles SE of Duncansby Head (BEN ADEN). Capt. Laird
Cargo : BALLAST
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 001314
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Non-dangerous wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 58.57028,-2.93583
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 58.56990,-2.93741
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Method : Electronic Distance Measuring System
Position Quality : Surveyed
Position Accuracy : 13.0
Depth : 73.0
Depth Method : Found by echo-sounder
Depth Quality : Least depth known
Water Depth : 80
Water Level Effect : Always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : UNKNOWN
Sonar Length : 77.0
Shadow Height : 7.2
Orientation : 165.0
Scour Depth : 0.0
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Acoustic Sensor
Original Detection Year : 1985
Original Source : Survey Vessel
Surveying Details : **H2336/84 25.7.85 WK LOCATED IN 583413N, 025609W. LEAST DEPTH 73MTRS. LENGTH 55MTRS. LYING 165/345 DEG. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 246, HN 27.6.85). NCA YET.
**H2336/84 21.3.86 EXAM'D 29.5.85 IN 583413N, 025609W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 73 IN GEN DEPTH 80MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 7.2MTRS, LENGTH 55MTRS. LYING 165/345 DEG. (HMS BEAGLE HI 246). INS AS WK 73MTRS. BR STD.
Chart Symbol : WK 73.0
Date Last Amended : 28/02/2000
