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Unknown: Sound Of Kerrera
Aircraft (20th Century)
Site Name Unknown: Sound Of Kerrera
Classification Aircraft (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Catalina Flying Boat; Firth Of Lorn; Unknown
Canmore ID 102580
Site Number NM82NW 8002
NGR NM 83169 28519
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/102580
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Maritime - Argyll And Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NM82NW 8002 8316 2852
N56 23.95 W5 30.85
NLO: Firth of Lorn [name centred NM 69 19]
Sound of Kerrera [name centred NM 827 280].
Formerly entered as NM82NW 9206.
See also NM82NW 8005.
Seabed is sand and rock with kelp forest. It is highly doubtful if there is anything at this place.
Source: Butland & Siedlecki, BSAC Wreck Register, Scotland 2, 1987.
Quality of fix = PA
Horizontal Datum = OGB
General water depth = 25
Surveying Details
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15 January 1982. A Catalina seaplane lies at 56 23 57N, 005 30 51W in a general depth of 25 metres, with its port wing broken and both floats holed. Otherwise it is complete. Entry into the fuselage is possible through the starboard side window.
Source: BSAC Wreck Register, vol.4.
Hydrographic Office, 1995.
This may be the 'unknown' wreck located in 1953 and noted by Ridley at N56 23.55 W5 30.78.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 4 October 2002.
G Ridley 1984.
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 002739
Feature Class : Wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 56.39917,-5.51417
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 56.39901,-5.51528
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 12
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : UNKNOWN
Type : CATALINA SEAPLANE
Bottom Texture : Mud
Contact Description : Aircraft
Original Sensor : Diver Sighting
Original Detection Year : 1982
Original Source : Divers
Surveying Details : **15.1.82 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 562357N, 053051W [OGB] IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS, WITH PORT WING BROKEN & BOTH FLOATS HOLED. OTHERWISE COMPLETE. ENTRY INTO FUSELAGE POSSIBLE THROUGH STBD SIDE WINDOW. (BSAC WK REGISTER, VOL.4). POSN FOR FILING ONLY, PLOTS IN GEN DEPTH 12MTRS. NCA.
Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY
Date Last Amended : 04/02/2005
