Murrayfield [possibly]: Perie Bard, Mousa, North Sea
Steamship (20th Century)
Site Name Murrayfield [possibly]: Perie Bard, Mousa, North Sea
Classification Steamship (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Morayfield; Peerie Bard; West Bight; Holes Of Burro; Perie Bard Of Mousa; Murrayfield (Possibly); Murrayfield (Ex. Yolande, ...)
Canmore ID 102900
Site Number HU42SE 8001
NGR HU 46940 24084
NGR Description HU c. 471 239
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/102900
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Maritime - Shetland Islands
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
HU42SE 8001 c. 471 239
N59 59.9 W1 9.3
NLO: Perie Bard [name: HU 471 239]
Mousa [name centred HU 460 240].
Location formerly cited as HU 4694 2408 [N59 59.9667 W1 9.5].
Murrayfield: [max. date] 1942.
Archive Ref: Record of incidents to Shipping - H.M. Customs Long Room.
Source: Shetland Archive Service [undated].
MS/3025, no. 995.
(Name cited as Murrayfield and location as HU 468 241 [N59 59.97 W1 9.5]). The remains of this wreck survive at depths down to 30m. [It is not stated whether the the remains are coherent or dispersed, but it is described as a 'good wreck dive'].
G Ridley 1992.
Quality of fix = PA
Horizontal Datum = OGB
General water depth = 20
Circumstances of Loss Details
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The MURRAYFIELD sank in deep water, after it ran aground on the Perie Bard of Mousa in dense fog, whilst en-route from Lerwick to Methil.
Source: Shipwrecks of Orkney, Shetland and Pentland Firth.
Surveying Details
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28 August 1981. The Shetland sub-aqua club report that ammunition is scattered around the wreck of the MURRAYFIELD [MORAYFIELD?], which sank in 1942 at 59 59 58N, 001 09 30W approximately. The general depth varies from 4-23 metres. The Royal Navy's mine disposal team from Inverkeithing have been informed.
Report by Shetland Coastguard.
Hydrographic Office, 1995.
MURRAYFIELD, steamship. Wrecked at Perie Bard of Mousa, West Bight in 1942.
Archive Ref: 'Record of incidents to Shipping - H.M. Customs Long Room Lerwick; G. Adamson - local knowledge'.
Source: Shetland Archive Service [1998].
(No classification or cargo specified: date cited as April 1942). Murrayfield (possibly): this is a stranded vessel.
(Location of loss cited as N59 59.97 W1 9.5).
(Classified as steel steamship, no cargo specified, but former names cited as Yolande and Ferdiborg, and date of loss as 7 April 1942). Murrayfield: this vessel stranded at Peerie [Perie] Bard, Mousa, floated off on high tide, and sank in deep water.
Registration: Aberdeen. Built 1908. 576grt. Length: 49m. Beam: 9m.
(location of loss cited as N59 59.75 W1 9.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The loss of this vessel is apparently cited twice (on the same page) by Whittaker.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 18 June 2007.
Reference (1995)
Quality of fix = PA
Horizontal Datum = OGB
General water depth = 20
Circumstances of Loss Details
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The MURRAYFIELD sank in deep water, after it ran aground on the Perie Bard of Mousa in dense fog, whilst en-route from Lerwick to Methil.
Source: Shipwrecks of Orkney, Shetland and Pentland Firth.
Surveying Details
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28 August 1981. The Shetland sub-aqua club report that ammunition is scattered around the wreck of the MURRAYFIELD [MORAYFIELD?], which sank in 1942 at 59 59 58N, 001 09 30W approximately. The general depth varies from 4-23 metres. The Royal Navy's mine disposal team from Inverkeithing have been informed.
Report by Shetland Coastguard.
Hydrographic Office, 1995.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 316
Name : MURRAYFIELD (POSSIBLY)
Latitude : 595958
Longitude : 10930
Position : Position Approximate
Loss Month : 4
Loss Year : 1942
Comment : This is a stranded vessel.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 7276
Name : MURRAYFIELD (EX. YOLANDE, ...)
Latitude : 595945
Longitude : 10900
Date Built : 1908
Registration : ABERDEEN
Type : SS (STEEL)
Tonnage : 576
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 49
Beam : 9
Draught : 3m
Loss Day : 7
Loss Month : 4
Loss Year : 1942
Comment : Stranded at Peerie Bard, Mousa floated off on high tide and sank in deep water
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 000548
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Non-dangerous wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 59.99893,-1.16027
Horizontal Datum : ETRS 1989
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 59.99893,-1.16027
WGS84 Origin : Block Shift
Previous Position : 59.99945,-1.15833
Position Quality : Approximate
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 20
Vertical Datum : Mean Low Water Springs
Name : MURRAYFIELD (POSSIBLY)
Type : SS
Flag : BRITISH
Tonnage : 576
Tonnage Type : Gross
Cargo : BALLAST
Date Sunk : 07/04/1942
Bottom Texture : Rock
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Last Sensor : Diver Sighting
Original Detection Year : 1942
Last Detection Year : 2000
Original Source : Other
Last Source : Divers
Circumstances of Loss : **BUILT IN 1908. ONE BOILER, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE LERWICK FOR THE TYNE. SANK IN DEEP WATER, AFTER RAN AGROUND ON THE PERIE BARD OF MOUSA IN DENSE FOG. (SIBI). PASSAGE LERWICK TO METHIL. (SHIPWRECKS OF ORKNEY, SHETLAND & PENTLAND FIRTH).
**NAME GIVEN AS MURRUMBIDGEE. (DIVER MAGAZINE AUG '10)
Surveying Details : **H3057/81 28.8.81 SHETLAND SUB-AQUA CLUB REPORT THAT AMMUNITION IS SCATTERED AROUND WK OF 'MURRAYFIELD', SUNK 1942, IN APPROX 595958N, 010930W [OGB]. GEN DEPTH VARIES FROM 4-23MTRS. RN MINE DISPOSAL TEAM, INVERKEITHING INFORMED. (MRSC SHETLAND, TELEX DTD 17.8.81). NCA, POSN FOR FILING ONLY.
POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE
**3.3.00 WRECKAGE IS WELL BROKEN UP IN 15-30MTRS, WITH LARGE BOILER STANDING UPRIGHT. (DIVER MAGAZINE MAR '00).
**9.3.04 RECORD REVIEWED. INS AS NDW PA IN 5959.936N, 0109.616W [EUT]. BR STD.
General Comments : WELL BROKEN UP BOILER UPRIGHT.
Chart Symbol : NDW PA
Date Last Amended : 28/07/2010
Date Position Last Amended : 28/07/2010
