Ben Barvas: Little Skerry, Pentland Skerries, Pentland Firth
Steam Trawler (20th Century)
Site Name Ben Barvas: Little Skerry, Pentland Skerries, Pentland Firth
Classification Steam Trawler (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) A 175; Little Pentland Skerry; North Sea; Ben Barvas; Ben Barvas (A 175)
Canmore ID 222258
Site Number ND47NE 8037
NGR ND 47377 76667
NGR Description ND c. 473 766
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/222258
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Maritime - Orkney
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND47NE 8037 c. 473 766
N58 40.5 W2 54.5
NLO: Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81]
Little Skerry [name centred ND 473 766]
Pentland Skerries [name centred ND 470 775].
(Classified as motor trawler: registration number cited as A 175, and date of loss as 3 January 1964). Ben Barvas: this vessel was wrecked on the SE end of Little Skerry. 294grt?
Registration: Aberdeen. Built 1957. 235grt.
(Location of loss cited as N58 40.5 W2 54.45).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The inclusion of this wreck by Larn and Larn within their section DC ('North-east Scotland') is anomalous. The Pentland Skerries fall within the administrative area of Orkney, and this wreck is assigned accordingly to the quasi-administrative area of Maritime - Orkney.
The location of loss cited by Whittaker remains unverified.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 3 October 2002.
R and B Larn 1998.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 738
Name : BEN BARVAS (A 175)
Latitude : 584030
Longitude : 25427
Date Built : 1957
Registration : ABERDEEN
Type : MOTOR TRAWLER
Tonnage : 235
Tonnage Code : G
Position : Exact Position
Loss Day : 3
Loss Month : 1
Loss Year : 1964
Comment : Wrecked on the SE end of Little Skerry. 294G?
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 001221
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Wreck showing any portion of hull or superstructure
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 58.67500,-2.90750
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 58.67460,-2.90911
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Method : Air photography
Position Quality : Precisely known
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : -1
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : BEN BARVAS
Type : TRAWLER
Flag : BRITISH
Orientation : 45.0
Tonnage : 235
Tonnage Type : Gross
Conspic Visual : Visually conspicuous
Date Sunk : 04/01/1964
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Observed Sinking
Last Sensor : Video Sensor
Original Detection Year : 1964
Last Detection Year : 1999
Original Source : Other
Last Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **RAN AGROUND ON ROCKS ON S SIDE OF LITTLE SKERRY IN HEAVY SEAS. CREW RESCUED.
Surveying Details : **H657/64 3.2.64 AGROUND ON S SIDE OF LITTLE SKERRY IN 584030N, 025427W. (LLOYDS LIST, WICK RADIO SIGNALS DTD 4 & 5.1.64).
**H1270/72 19.12.77 LYING ON PORT SIDE, BOWS NE, ON E EXTREMITY OF LITTLE SKERRY. COMPLETELY HIGH & DRY. (COASTGUARD MAGAZINE OCT'77, PHOTO ON BACK COVER). INS AS ST IN 584030N, 025427W. BR STD.
**H2925/83 14.1.85 CONFIRMED POSN. LIES ON ITS PORT SIDE AND BEGINNING TO BREAK UP - A LARGE SECTION OF HULL HAVING BEEN RIPPED APART BY HEAVY SEAS. (BUE SUBSEA, HI 204). NCA.
**17.7.87 AMEND TO ST (CONSPIC). NES 2581, 2162.
**19.5.93 AMEND TO ST (WRECK). NE 115.
POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE
**14.9.99 HULL GENERALLY INTACT BUT BOW SECTION IS TWISTED TO PORT FWD OF THE BRIDGE. ENGINE SECTION HAS DROPPED RIGHT THROUGH THE VESSEL. (FISHING NEWS DTD 3.9.99). NCA.
Chart Symbol : ST CONSPIC
Date Last Amended : 14/09/1999
