Elinor Viking: Reaverack, Ve Skerries, Atlantic
Motor Trawler (20th Century)
Site Name Elinor Viking: Reaverack, Ve Skerries, Atlantic
Classification Motor Trawler (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) A 278; Reaerach; Vee Skerries; Papa Stour; Elinor Viking; Elinor Viking (A 278)
Canmore ID 238834
Site Number HU16NW 8002
NGR HU 10567 65624
NGR Description HU c. 100 652
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/238834
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Maritime - Shetland Islands
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
HU16NW 8002 c. 100 652
N60 22.3 W1 49.1
NLO: Reaverack [name: HU 100 652]
Papa Stour [name centred HU 16 60]
Ve Skerries [name centred HU 10 65].
Possibly on map sheet HU06NE.
Elinor Viking: [max. date] 1977
Archive Ref: ST 16/12/1977 p. 1 col. 1-6
Source: Shetland Archive Service [undated]
MS/3025, no. 1019.
(Location cited as HU 102 652 and also as N60 22.5 W1 48.5]. This British trawler was lost in 1977 when she ran aground 'at the East side of Reaerach'. Much wreckage (including a large brass propellor) survives at depths aound 15m.
G Ridley 1992.
(Classified as motor trawler: registration numbrer cited as A 278, and date of loss as 9 December 1977). Elinor Viking; this vessel stranded on Vee Skerries, slipped off, and sank.
Registration: Aberdeen. 122grt.
(Location of loss cited as N60 22.5 W1 48.5).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location and map sheet assigned to this record are essentially tentative. The location cited by Ridley remains unverified.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 25 February 2003.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 2416
Name : ELINOR VIKING (A 278)
Latitude : 602230
Longitude : 14830
Registration : ABERDEEN
Type : MOTOR TRAWLER
Tonnage : 122
Tonnage Code : G
Position : Position Approximate
Loss Day : 9
Loss Month : 12
Loss Year : 1977
Comment : Stranded on Vee Skerries, slipped off and sank.
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 000059
Feature Class : Wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 60.37500,-1.80833
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 60.37444,-1.81020
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 20
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : ELINOR VIKING
Type : M TRAWLER
Flag : BRITISH
Length : 23.5
Beam : 6.7
Draught : 3.4
Tonnage : 122
Tonnage Type : Gross
Cargo : BALLAST
Date Sunk : 09/12/1977
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Original Detection Year : 1977
Original Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **VESSEL BUILT 1974 BY J LEWIS & SONS LTD, ABERDEEN. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY JOHN BROWN & SON (ABERDEEN) LTD. 6 CYLINDER OIL ENGINE BY MIRRLEES BLACKSTONE LTD, STAMFORD. PASSAGE ABERDEEN FOR FISHING. STRUCK THE VE SKERRIES IN A GALE. CREW OF 8 RECOVERED BY HELICOPTER. (SIBI).
Surveying Details : **H1969/79 4.6.79 WK NO LONGER VISIBLE. BOW REMAINED VISIBLE ONLY FOR SHORT PERIOD. (DR M RICHARDSON, NATURE CONSERVANCY COUNCIL, & HELICOPTER RESCUE CREWMEN). NCA, POSN 602230N, 014830W FOR FILING ONLY.
POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE
**16.1.04 STATED TO LIE AT E SIDE OF REAERACH, WITH LOTS OF WRECKAGE, INCLUDING BRASS PROPELLER, IN GEN DEPTH 15MTRS. (DIVE SCOTLAND VOL.III, PUBLISHED 1992).
**HH091/247/01 25.6.09 NOT IN SURVEY AREA, TOO SHALLOW. (NETSURVEY, HI 1247). NCA.
Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY
Date Last Amended : 16/01/2004
