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Imbat: Gutter Sound, Scapa Flow, Orkney
Motor Drifter (20th Century), Requisitioned Steam Drifter (20th Century)
Site Name Imbat: Gutter Sound, Scapa Flow, Orkney
Classification Motor Drifter (20th Century), Requisitioned Steam Drifter (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Pd 105; Lyness Pier; Hms Imbat; Imbat (Pd 105)
Canmore ID 102998
Site Number ND39SW 8015
NGR ND 31223 94553
NGR Description ND c. 316 945
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/102998
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Maritime - Orkney
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND39SW 8015 c. 316 945
N58 50 W3 11
NLO: Gutter Sound [name centred ND 316 968]
Scapa Flow [name centred HY 36 00].
Formerly entered as ND39SW 8949 at cited location ND 3169 9454 [N58 50 W3 11.01].
Quality of fix = PA
Horizontal Datum = UND
Circumstances of Loss Details
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HM drifter IMBAT was sunk in a collision.
Report by Director of Navy Contracts.
Source: World War II Shipping Loses.
Surveying Details
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3 September 1956. The wreck is lying near the beach at Lyness, Scapa. A request to purchase the vessel has been received from from Northern Shipbreaking Co. The wreck is situated at 58 50 00N, 003 11 00W approximately.
Report by Director of Navy Contracts.
Hydrographic Office, 1995.
(Classified as drifter: registration number cited as PD 105, and date of loss as 4 February 1941). Imbat: this vessel was in collision and sank off Lyness.
Registration: Peterhead. Built 1918. 92grt.
(Location of loss cited as N58 50.0 W3 11.30).
I G Whittaker 1998.
It is unclear from the available evidence whether the cited location is original or secondary, or whether it lay on the surface or underwater.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 21 January 2003.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 178
Name : IMBAT (PD 105)
Latitude : 585000
Longitude : 31118
Date Built : 1918
Registration : PETERHEAD
Type : DRIFTER
Tonnage : 92
Tonnage Code : G
Position : Position Approximate
Loss Day : 4
Loss Month : 2
Loss Year : 1941
Comment : Collision and sunk off Lyness
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 000988
Feature Class : Wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 58.83292,-3.19308
Horizontal Datum : ETRS 1989
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 58.83292,-3.19308
WGS84 Origin : Original
Previous Position : 58.83333,-3.18333
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 15
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : HMS IMBAT
Type : M DRIFTER
Flag : BRITISH
Tonnage : 92
Tonnage Type : Gross
Date Sunk : 04/02/1941
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Original Detection Year : 1941
Original Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **BUILT OF WOOD IN 1918 BY JONES, BUCKIE FOR THE ADMIRALTY. SOLD IN 1918. OIL EINGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. HIRED FOR HARBOUR SERVICE FROM 1940. SUNK IN COLLISION. (DIRECTOR OF NAVY CONTRACTS, WW2SL, SRN & SIBI).
Surveying Details : **H5319/56 3.9.56 LYING NEAR BEACH AT LYNESS, SCAPA. REQUEST TO PURCHASE FROM NORTHERN SHIPBREAKING CO. POSN 585000N, 031100W APPROX (POSN OF LYNESS, SCAPA). (DIRECTOR OF NAVY CONTRACTS). NCA.
Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY
Date Last Amended : 31/01/2005
Date Position Last Amended : 31/01/2005
