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Aty: Solway Firth
Motor Fishing Vessel (20th Century)
Site Name Aty: Solway Firth
Classification Motor Fishing Vessel (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'A Mile Off Abbey Head'; Aty
Canmore ID 124868
Site Number NX74SE 8001
NGR NX 753 417
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/124868
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Maritime - Dumfries And Galloway
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NX74SE 8001 unlocated
NLO: Abbey Head [name: NX 740 439].
Possibly on map sheet NX74SE.
Location formerly entered as NX 7287 4135 (N54 45 W3 58.5), and also as NX c. 74 43 [N54 46 W3 58].
(Classified as steel M[otor] F[ishing] V[essel]: date of loss cited as 2 June 1972). Aty: this vessel foundered a mile off Abbey Head.
Registration: Annan. Length: 15m.
(Location of loss cited as N54 45.0 W3 58.5).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 28 December 2001.
Loss (2 June 1972)
(Classified as steel M[otor] F[ishing] V[essel]: date of loss cited as 2 June 1972). Aty: this vessel foundered a mile off Abbey Head.
Registration: Annan. Length: 15m.
(Location of loss cited as N54 45.0 W3 58.5).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (28 December 2001)
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 28 December 2001.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 9153
Name : ATY
Latitude : 544530
Longitude : 35630
Registration : ANNAN
Type : MFV (STEEL)
Length : 15
Loss Day : 2
Loss Month : 6
Loss Year : 1972
Comment : Foundered a mile off Abbey Head
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 005493
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Dangerous wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 54.75417,-3.97500
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 54.75425,-3.97627
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Quality : Approximate
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 18
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : ATY (POSSIBLY)
Type : M FISHING
Flag : BRITISH
Date Sunk : 02/06/1972
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Original Detection Year : 1972
Original Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **SPRANG A LEAK & SANK. CREW SAFE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY W S UNKLES, GLASGOW. (LLOYDS VOL.208)
Surveying Details : **5.6.72 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 202DEGS, 1.3M FROM ABBEY HD, DUMFRIES. (LLOYDS VOL.208).
**H4083/72 22.6.72 WK REPD IN 544515N, 035830W. (PORTPATRICK RADIO). INS AS DW PA. - NM 1751/72.
POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE
Chart Symbol : DW PA
Date Last Amended : 12/07/1984
