Unknown: Heather Island, Sound Of Kerrera
Aircraft (20th Century)(Possible), Obstruction (20th Century)
Site Name Unknown: Heather Island, Sound Of Kerrera
Classification Aircraft (20th Century)(Possible), Obstruction (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Firth Of Lorn; North-east Kerrera; Unknown
Canmore ID 102567
Site Number NM82NW 8001
NGR NM 84089 29401
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/102567
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Maritime - Argyll And Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NM82NW 8001 8391 2935
N56 24.4167 W5 30.1667
NLO: Firth of Lorn [name centred NM 69 19]
Sound of Kerrera [name centred NM 827 280].
Formerly entered as NM82NW 9196.
See also NM82NW 8005 and NM82NW 8017.
Horizontal Datum = UND
Surveying Details
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23 October 1967. An obstruction (of extremely dubious nature) was reported at 56 24 25N, 005 30 10W south of Heather Island, Oban, in the Kerrera Sound, by the trawler PLOUGH. This is what caused the boat to founder. The PLOUGH was probably too close inshore.
Source; authority not stated.
Hydrographic Office 1995.
Possibly a seaplane.
(Undated and unattributed) information in NMRS.
Possibly a duplicate record of NM82NW 8005 and/or NM82NW 8017. This is apparently the obstruction that Ridley notes off NE Kerrera.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 4 October 2002.
G Ridley 1984.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 169
Name : UNKNOWN
Latitude : 562430
Longitude : 52950
Comment : Report of 1967 as '200yds east of Heather Island'. What?
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 002696
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Dangerous wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 56.40750,-5.50000
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 56.40734,-5.50112
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Previous Position : 56.40735,-5.50112
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 35
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : UNKNOWN
Type : ?SEAPLANE
Bottom Texture : Mud
Contact Description : Aircraft
Original Sensor : None reported
Original Detection Year : 1967
Original Source : Other
Surveying Details : **H3166/63 23.10.67 OB, POSSIBLY A ROCK PINNACLE, REPD IN 562425N, 053010W, S OF HEATHER I, OBAN, KERRERA SOUND ON 10.4.67. VESSEL DAMAGED. (MR M GARDINER, TRAWLER 'PLOUGH' HN) CONSIDERED VESSEL PROBABLY TOO CLOSE INSHORE.
**19.10.89 WK OF SEAPLANE LIES IN 35MTRS, JUST OFF SE FACE OF HEATHER IS. (DIVE W SCOTLAND, VOL 1, P.155). POSSIBLY THIS OBSTN.
**1995 WK OF A SEAPLANE, POSSIBLY A CATALINA, REPUTED TO LIE FAIRLY CLOSE OFF THE SE OF HEATHER ISLAND IN 562425N, 053010W. (SHIPWRECKS OF THE W OF SCOTLAND)
POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE
**17.3.05 DW PA SHOWN IN 5624.417N, 0530.167W [EUT]. (CB DECISION). NE 1790 [VERIFICATION PLOT].
**25.4.05 DATA RE-ASSESSED. ORIGINAL HN REVIEWED. POSN QUOTED WAS 5624.450N, 0530.00W [PRESUMED OGB], NOT 5624.417N, 0530.167W AS QUOTED ABOVE, WHICH GIVES EUT POSN: 5624.441N, 0530.067W IN GEN DEPTH 35MTRS, TOO DEEP FOR DAMAGE TO TRAWLER TO HAVE OCCURRED. CONSIDERED THAT INFORMATION IS TOO VAGUE TO CHART. DELETED DW PA FROM NE 1790 PRIOR TO PUBLICATION ON 15.3.05.
Charting Comments : INFORMATION TOO VAGUE TO CHART
Date Last Amended : 26/04/2005
Date Position Last Amended : 26/04/2005
