Embrace [possibly]: Sound Of Sleat
Requisitioned Motor Drifter (20th Century), Requisitioned Motor Fishing Vessel (20th Century)
Site Name Embrace [possibly]: Sound Of Sleat
Classification Requisitioned Motor Drifter (20th Century), Requisitioned Motor Fishing Vessel (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Ins 402; Loch Alsh; Ornsay; Skye; Duisdalemore; Sea Of The Hebrides; Hms Embrace; Embrace (Ins 402)
Canmore ID 102014
Site Number NG71SW 8001
NGR NG 70304 13066
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/102014
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NG71SW 8001 7103 1383
N57 9.5 W5 47.2
NLO: Ornsay [name centred NG 710 127]
Duisdalemore [name: NG 703 135]
Loch Alsh [name centred NG 80 25]
Sound of Sleat [name centred NG 72 09]
Skye [name centred NG 45 35].
Formerly entered as NG71SW 8526.
Horizontal Datum = UND
Circumstances of Loss Details
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26 August 1976. The hired drifter EMBRACE, which was built 1907 and saw service in World War I, grounded 2 August 1940 in Loch Alsh.
Source: Ships of the Royal Navy (Vol 2 p.118) by Colledge.
Surveying Details
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26 August 1976. The wreck, presumed to be the EMBRACE, lies off the coast of Skye, near Ornsay at 57 09 30N, 005 47 12W. It was located by sub-aqua divers from Inverness who are trying to purchase it.
Hydrographic Office, 1995.
(Classified as steel drifter: registration number cited as INS 402m and date of loss as 2 August 1940). Embrace: this vessel stranded in Loch Alsh.
Registration: Hopeman. 94grt. Length: 26m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 9.50 W5 47.20).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location cited by UKHO remains unverified, but is accepted.
The equation of identity suggested by UKHO is accepted.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 22 February 2008.
Loss (2 August 1940)
(Classified as steel drifter: registration number cited as INS 402m and date of loss as 2 August 1940). Embrace: this vessel stranded in Loch Alsh.
Registration: Hopeman. 94grt. Length: 26m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 9.50 W5 47.20).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Named Location (Nlo) (19 June 1995)
NLO: Ornsay [name centred NG 710 127]
Duisdalemore [name: NG 703 135]
Loch Alsh [name centred NG 80 25]
Sound of Sleat [name centred NG 72 09]
Skye [name centred NG 45 35].
Formerly entered as NG71SW 8526.
Evidence Of Loss (1995)
Horizontal Datum = UND
Circumstances of Loss Details
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26 August 1976. The hired drifter EMBRACE, which was built 1907 and saw service in World War I, grounded 2 August 1940 in Loch Alsh.
Source: Ships of the Royal Navy (Vol 2 p.118) by Colledge.
Surveying Details
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26 August 1976. The wreck, presumed to be the EMBRACE, lies off the coast of Skye, near Ornsay at 57 09 30N, 005 47 12W. It was located by sub-aqua divers from Inverness who are trying to purchase it.
Hydrographic Office, 1995.
Note (22 February 2008)
The location cited by UKHO remains unverified, but is accepted.
The equation of identity suggested by UKHO is accepted.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 22 February 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 154
Name : EMBRACE (INS 402)
Latitude : 570930
Longitude : 54712
Registration : HOPEMAN
Type : DRIFTER (STEEL)
Tonnage : 94
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 26
Beam : 5
Draught : 3m
Loss Day : 2
Loss Month : 8
Loss Year : 1940
Comment : Stranded in Loch Alsh
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 001964
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Wreck showing any portion of hull or superstructure
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 57.15083,-5.79917
Horizontal Datum : ETRS 1989
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 57.15083,-5.79917
WGS84 Origin : Original
Previous Position : 57.15108,-5.79805
Position Method : Differential Global Positioning System
Position Quality : Precisely known
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 5
Vertical Datum : Mean Low Water Springs
Name : HMS EMBRACE
Type : REQUISTIONED STEEL MFV
Flag : BRITISH
Length : 26.3
Beam : 5.6
Draught : 2.8
Tonnage : 94
Tonnage Type : Gross
Cargo : BALLAST
Date Sunk : 02/08/1940
Bottom Texture : Mud
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Diver Sighting
Last Sensor : Diver Sighting
Original Detection Year : 1976
Last Detection Year : 2005
Original Source : Other
Last Source : Divers
Circumstances of Loss : **DRIFTER, BUILT 1907, HIRED MARCH 1915-1919, AND MAY 1940 AS HARBOUR DEFENCE PATROL CRAFT. GROUNDED IN LOCH ALSH. (SHIPS OF ROYAL NAVY VOL.2)
**VESSEL, BUILT BY MACKIE & THOMSON LTD, GLASGOW, WITH 3 CYLINDER TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MCPHERSON WILLIAM AND HOPEMAN. FOUNDERED IN LOCH ALSH. (SHIPWRECK INDEX OF BRITISH ISLES)
Surveying Details : **26.8.76 WRECK,PRESUMED TO BE THE 'EMBRACE', LIES OFF THE COAST OF SKYE, NEAR ORNSAY, IN 570930N, 054712W. LOCATED BY SUB-AQUA DIVERS FROM INVERNESS WHO ARE TRYING TO PURCHASE IT. (N/CP55393/76 REFERS) NCA, INFORMATION TOO VAGUE TO CHART.
POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE
**HH100/351/22 31.3.05 LOCATED & DIVED ON 26.3.05, IN 5709.05N, 0547.95W [WGD] USING DGPS. INVERTED, BADLY BROKEN & COLLAPSED, PROPELLOR VISIBLE AT LOW WATER. LIES IN GEN DEPTH 4-6MTRS. AMMUNITION LIES WITHIN WRECKAGE. (ANDY HUNT, VISIT TO UKHO 30.3.05) INS AS WK DRIES. BR STD.
**6.10.07 SHOWN AS ST IN 5709.050N, 0547.950W [EUT]. NE 2540.
General Comments : INVERTED, BADLY BROKEN, PROPELLOR DRIES
Chart Symbol : ST
