Unknown: Cat Firth
Craft
Site Name Unknown: Cat Firth
Classification Craft
Alternative Name(s) Catfirth; North Sea; Unknown
Canmore ID 102917
Site Number HU45SW 8001
NGR HU 44625 53878
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/102917
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Maritime - Shetland Islands
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
HU45SW 8001 4462 5387
N60 16.0333 W1 11.6
NLO: Cat Firth [name centred HU 450 525].
See also HU45SW 8002 and HU45SE 8014.
Horizontal Datum = OGB
Surveying Details
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24 May 1935. A stranded vesel is reported at 60 16 02N, 001 11 36W.
22 July 1980. Three wrecks, not two, exist in Catfirth. The boiler, propshaft and ribs of one vessel are ashore. Another wreck is visible at low water with part of hull intact. The third is complete in the middle of Catfirth and does not show at low water. All belong to Hay and Co, Lerwick.
Source: Scottish Diver, May/June 1980.
See 60 15 54N, 001 11 42W.
Source: Hydrographic Office 1995.
Unknown: third of three vessels in Catfirth [Cat Firth], the others being Fitful Head and Rova Head.
[No date of loss or further details cited].
(Location of loss cited as N60 16.03 W1 11.6).
I G Whittaker 1998.
This vessel is cited by Whittaker as one of three vessels lost in Catfirth [Cat Firth], the others being Fitful Head (HU45SW 8002) and Rova Head (HU45SE 8014). They may all have been lost together.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 28 September 2007.
I G Whittaker 1998.
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 000055
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Wreck showing any portion of hull or superstructure
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 60.26722,-1.19333
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 60.26668,-1.19528
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Quality : Precisely known
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 2
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : UNKNOWN
Contact Description : None reported
Original Sensor : None reported
Last Sensor : Video Sensor
Original Detection Year : 1935
Last Detection Year : 1980
Original Source : Other
Last Source : Other
Surveying Details : **24.5.35 ST SHOWN IN 601602N, 011136W ON SURVEY [E4445]. NCA.
**28.5.41 ST NOW CHARTED ON NC 3057.
**22.7.80 THREE WKS, NOT TWO, EXIST IN CATFIRTH. BOILER, PROP SHAFT AND RIBS ARE ASHORE. ANOTHER IS VISIBLE AT LW WITH PART OF HULL INTACT. THE THIRD IS COMPLETE IN THE MIDDLE OF CATFIRTH AND DOES NOT SHOW. ALL BELONG TO HAY & CO, LERWICK. (SCOTTISH DIVER, MAY/JUNE 1980). NCA, SEE ALSO RECORD 000400208/54.
POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE
**13.12.00 NOT SHOWN ON LARGEST SCALE 3284 [FEB'2001 EDN]. AREA BLUED OUT.
Charting Comments : EXISTING SCALES TOO SMALL
Date Last Amended : 07/04/2004
