Unknown: Mull Of Oa, Islay, Atlantic
Trawler (20th Century)
Site Name Unknown: Mull Of Oa, Islay, Atlantic
Classification Trawler (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) North Channel; Unknown
Canmore ID 102604
Site Number NR24SE 8007
NGR NR 29872 40065
NGR Description NR c. 26 41
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/102604
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Maritime - Argyll And Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NR24SE 8007 c. 26 41
N55 35 W6 21
NLO: Mull of Oa [name: NR 268 414].
Possibly on map sheet NR34SW.
See also NR24SE 8016.
Formerly entered as NR24SE 9232 at cited location NR 2986 4006 (N55 34.75 W6 17.2), and also as Unlocated.
Horizontal Datum = OGB
Surveying Details
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19 February 1975. A trawler was wrecked near the Mull of Oa, Islay. The vessel is said by the locals to have been German. Much wreckage is strewn on the shore at 55 34 45N, 006 17 12W.
Repprt taken from a letter by P L Sellars, dated 11 February 1975.
Hydrographic Office, 1995.
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 003678
Feature Class : Wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 55.57917,-6.28667
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 55.57911,-6.28763
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 14
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : UNKNOWN
Type : TRAWLER
Contact Description : Notable debris
Original Sensor : None reported
Original Detection Year : 1975
Original Source : Other
Surveying Details : **19.2.75 WRECKED NEAR MULL OF OA, ISLAY. SAID BY LOCALS TO BE GERMAN. MUCH WRECKAGE STREWN ON SHORE IN 553445N, 061712W. (P L SELLARS, LTR DTD 11.2.75). FOR FILING ONLY. NCA.
Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY
Date Last Amended : 08/04/2005
