Angela: Port An Fheidh, Coll, Passage Of Tiree
Motor Ship (20th Century), Motor Vessel (20th Century)
Site Name Angela: Port An Fheidh, Coll, Passage Of Tiree
Classification Motor Ship (20th Century), Motor Vessel (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Zephyr; Friesland Rock; Crossipoll Bay; Frisland Head; Friesland Head; Gortan Bay; Friesland Bay; Atlantic; Angela; Angela (Ex. Zephyr)
Canmore ID 118275
Site Number NM15SE 8007
NGR NM 18117 53095
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/118275
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Maritime - Argyll And Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NM15SE 8007 1765 5288
N56 34.9 W6 35.9
NLO: Friesland Bay [name centred NM 184 530]
Gortan Bay [name centred NM 174 529]
Coll [name centred NM 20 57]
Tiree [name centred NM 00 45].
(Classified as steel motor vessel, in ballast: former name cited as Zephyr, and date of loss as 10 April 1953). Angela: this vessel stranded on the NE side of the southern finger of Frisland [Friesland] Head. Capt. Niska.
Registration: Finnish. Built 1948. 211nrt. Length: 51m. Beam: 8m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 34.97 W6 35.93).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record remains unverified, but is accepted. Frisland or Friesland Head is not noted as such on the 1999 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map, but the name presumably applies to the headland between Gortan Bay (to the SW) and Friesland Bay (to the SE), on the SE side of Coll.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 25 February 2004.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 914
Name : ANGELA (EX. ZEPHYR)
Latitude : 563458
Longitude : 63556
Date Built : 1948
Registration : FINNISH
Type : MV (STEEL)
Tonnage : 211
Tonnage Code : N
Length : 51
Beam : 8
Draught : 2m
Position : Exact Position
Loss Day : 10
Loss Month : 4
Loss Year : 1953
Comment : Stranded NE side of southern finger of Frisland Hd. Capt. Niska
Cargo : BALLAST
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 002649
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Non-dangerous wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 56.58500,-6.59167
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 56.58480,-6.59264
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 5
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : ANGELA
Type : MV
Flag : FINNISH
Length : 51.0
Beam : 8.3
Draught : 2.6
Date Sunk : 10/04/1953
Bottom Texture : Rock
Contact Description : Notable debris
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Original Detection Year : 1953
Original Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **STEEL HULL. OIL EINGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE LARNE FOR GOOLE. RAN AGROUND AND LATER BROKE UP IN HEAVY WEATHER. (SIBI).
Surveying Details : **H1245/69 4.7.69 THE POSN GIVEN BY LLOYDS IS CROSSAPOLL BAY, IN FACT WK LIES ON NE SIDE OF THE SOUTHERN FINGER OF FRISLAND HD IN 563506N, 063530W [OB]. THERE IS VERY LITTLE REMAINING OF VESSEL. PLATING & OTHER PARTS OF HULL ARE SCATTERED AROUND ROCKS, SOME ABOVE HIGH WATER MARK. REMAINS OF STERN EXTEND ABOUT 50YDS OUT TO SEA, BUT ONLY AS FRAGMENTS ON SEABED. SALVORS GIVEN TO UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYTHING POSSIBLE WAS TAKEN FROM SHIP SHORTLY
AFTER SHE WENT ASHORE, AS IT WAS POSSIBLE TO APPROACH MOST PARTS OF THE VESSEL AT LW. (C J OLDFIELD, 26.6.69). NCA.
Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY
Date Last Amended : 30/10/2009
