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Unknown: Garelochhead, Gare Loch, Upper Firth Of Clyde
Pontoon (Period Unknown), Craft
Site Name Unknown: Garelochhead, Gare Loch, Upper Firth Of Clyde
Classification Pontoon (Period Unknown), Craft
Alternative Name(s) Rockville; Rowmore; Gareloch; Inner Clyde Estuary; Unknown
Canmore ID 102591
Site Number NS29SW 8001
NGR NS 21215 93702
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/102591
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Maritime - Argyll And Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NS29SW 8001 2382 9026
N56 4.3667 W4 49.85
NLO: Garelochhead [name: NS 237 912]
Gare Loch [name centred NS 24 85].
Formerly entered as NS29SW 9219.
Evidence = Echo sounder
Horizontal Datum = OGB
Surveying Details
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9 February 1959. Apparently the wreck of a small craft.
Report by HMS SHACKLETON.
Hydrographic Office 1995.
Unknown: [no further information].
(Location cited as N56 4.37 W4 49.85).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The significance of this record remains unclear.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 20 November 2008.
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 002792
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Non-dangerous wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 56.10264,-4.87500
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 56.10253,-4.87619
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Quality : Precisely known
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 13
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : UNKNOWN
Type : PONTOON
Date Sunk : ??/09/1993
Bottom Texture : Mud
Contact Description : Other
Original Sensor : None reported
Original Detection Year : 1993
Original Source : Other
Surveying Details : **HH274/460/02 27.9.93 NDW IN 560609.5N, 045230W [OGB] IN APPROX GEN DEPTH 19MTRS AND 75MTRS NE OF D16 BUOY. (QHM CLYDE, SIGNAL DTD 21.9.93). - NM 3446/93.
POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE.
Chart Symbol : NDW
Date Last Amended : 12/10/2000
