Scomber: Eilean Beag, Crowlin Islands, Inner Sound
Steam Trawler (20th Century)
Site Name Scomber: Eilean Beag, Crowlin Islands, Inner Sound
Classification Steam Trawler (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Caolas Beag; Scomber; Scomber (Fd 96)
Canmore ID 102018
Site Number NG63NE 8003
NGR NG 68417 35363
NGR Description NG c. 683 354
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/102018
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NG63NE 8003 c. 683 354
N57 21 W5 51.1
NLO: Eilean Beag [name: NG 683 358]
Inner Sound [name centred NG 64 40].
Formerly entered as NG63NE 8530 at cited location NG 6826 3621 [N57 21 W5 51], as NG63NE 8001 (unlocated), as NG63NE 8002 at cited location NG 6805 3595 [N57 21.3 W5 51.3] and as NG63SE 8001 at NG c. 69 34 [N57 20 W5].
Possibly on map sheet NG63SE.
(Location cited as NG 682 354). Scomber: this wreck is situated just W of the islands in Caolas Beag, in a depth of about 17m.
G Ridley 1990.
Quality of fix = PA
Horizontal Datum = UND
Circumstances of Loss Details
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17 July 1970. The steam trawler SCOMBER was lost on Crowlin Island.
Source: Lloyds.
Surveying Details
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7 January 1975. The wreck was searched for but not found. There is no knowledge of the wreck amongst the locals.
Report by HMS HECLA, 1974.
Hydrographic Office 1995.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. The loss of this vessel may have occurred within the area of map sheet NG63SE.
Caolas Beag is not noted on the 1998 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map, but the Crowlin Islands form a group around NG 69 34, in the Inner Sound.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 3 April 2002.
External Reference (1990)
(Location cited as NG 682 354). Scomber: this wreck is situated just W of the islands in Caolas Beag, in a depth of about 17m.
G Ridley 1990.
Evidence Of Loss (1995)
Quality of fix = PA
Horizontal Datum = UND
Circumstances of Loss Details
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17 July 1970. The steam trawler SCOMBER was lost on Crowlin Island.
Source: Lloyds.
Surveying Details
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7 January 1975. The wreck was searched for but not found. There is no knowledge of the wreck amongst the locals.
Report by HMS HECLA, 1974.
Hydrographic Office 1995.
Named Location (Nlo) (19 June 1997)
NLO: Eilean Beag [name: NG 683 358]
Inner Sound [name centred NG 64 40].
Formerly entered as NG63NE 8530 at cited location NG 6826 3621 [N57 21 W5 51], as NG63NE 8001 (unlocated), as NG63NE 8002 at cited location NG 6805 3595 [N57 21.3 W5 51.3] and as NG63SE 8001 at NG c. 69 34 [N57 20 W5].
Possibly on map sheet NG63SE.
Note (3 April 2002)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. The loss of this vessel may have occurred within the area of map sheet NG63SE.
Caolas Beag is not noted on the 1998 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map, but the Crowlin Islands form a group around NG 69 34, in the Inner Sound.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 3 April 2002.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 2035
Name : SCOMBER (FD 96)
Latitude : 572100
Longitude : 55100
Date Built : 1914
Registration : FLEETWOOD
Type : STEAM TRAWLER
Tonnage : 321
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 39
Beam : 7
Draught : 4m
Position : All Gone
Loss Day : 10
Loss Month : 10
Loss Year : 1923
Comment : Stranded on Crowlin Island. (FD 98?)
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 001971
Feature Class : Wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 57.35000,-5.85000
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 57.34972,-5.85112
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : -1
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : SCOMBER
Type : STEAM TRAWLER
Flag : BRITISH
Length : 39.6
Beam : 7.3
Draught : 4.3
Tonnage : 321
Tonnage Type : Gross
Date Sunk : 10/10/1923
Bottom Texture : Rock
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Original Detection Year : 1923
Original Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **LOST ON CROWLIN ISLAND. (LLOYDS)
Surveying Details : **17.7.70 LOST ON CROWLIN ISLAND ON 10 OCT'23. (LLOYDS) POSN 572100N, 055100W FOR FILING ONLY.
**H2989/74 7.1.75 SEARCHED FOR & NOT FOUND. NO KNOWLEDGE BY LOCALS. (HMS HECLA R OF S 1974) NCA.
POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE
Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY
Date Last Amended : 27/02/2003
