Gk 41: Hos Wick, North Sea
Barge (20th Century)
Site Name Gk 41: Hos Wick, North Sea
Classification Barge (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Gk 41; Hoswick Bay; Point Of Whilvigarth; Houlland; Cumlewick
Canmore ID 238452
Site Number HU42SW 8001
NGR HU 4206 2336
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Maritime - Shetland Islands
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
HU42SW 8001 4206 2336
N58 59.61 W1 14.76
NLO: Hos Wick [name centred HU 416 235]
Cumlewick [name: HU 424 230].
GK 41: [max. date] 1972
Source: Shetland Archive Service [undated]
MS/3025, no. 1014.
(Location cited as N59 59.61 W1 14.75 [HU 4206 2336]). The remains of the British salvage barge GK41 survive (in three portions) along the high water mark on the E part of Hoswick Bay, 100m E of the Point of Whilvigarth.
[Point of Whilvigarth is not noted as such on the 1999 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map].
G Ridley 1992.
(Classified as salvage barge: date of loss as 30 October 1972). GK 41: this vessel stranded at the East end of Hoswick Bay. Registration: British.
(Location cited as N59 59.62 W1 14.75).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location of loss assigned to this record remains unverified, and it is unclear whether or not the vessel was engaged in salvage operations when lost.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 18 June 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 2397
Name : GK 41
Latitude : 595937
Longitude : 11445
Registration : BRITISH
Type : SALVAGE BARGE
Position : Exact Position
Loss Day : 30
Loss Month : 10
Loss Year : 1972
Comment : Stranded at the east end of Hoswick Bay.
