Pionersk: Ness Of Trebister, North Sea
Fish Factory Ship (20th Century)
Site Name Pionersk: Ness Of Trebister, North Sea
Classification Fish Factory Ship (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Lerwick Harbour; Bressay Sound; Gulberwick; Pionersk
Canmore ID 243058
Site Number HU43NE 8018
NGR HU 45813 37558
NGR Description HU c. 457 382
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
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- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Maritime - Shetland Islands
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
HU43NE 8018 c. 457 382
N60 7.6 W 10.6
NLO: Bressay [name centred HU 50 40]
Bressay Sound [name centred HU 485 415]
Ness of Trebister [name centred HU 457 382]
Lerwick [name: HU 475 415].
Location formerly entered as HU c. 45 38 [N60 7 W 11].
(Classified as MV Fish Factory: date of loss cited as 30 October 1994). Pionersk: this vessel was driven ashore on Ness of Trebister and wrecked.
Registration: Kaliningrad. Built 1963. 13639grt. Length: 165m. Beam: 21m.
(Location of loss cited as N60 7.23 W1 10.53).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location that is assigned to this record is essentially tentative, but falls within the ill-defined area of Lerwick Harbour (HU44SE 32: centred HU 47722 41345). This takes the form of an extensive roadstead which comprises the waters of Bressay Sound between the narrow Northern entrance (around HU 475 445) and the broader Southern entrance (around HU 483 400). The main facilities are to be found around HU 477 414, on the W side of the Sound; recent development extends Northwards from this point.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 5 October 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 7107
Name : PIONERSK
Latitude : 600714
Longitude : 11032
Date Built : 1963
Registration : KALININGRAD
Type : MV FISH FACTORY
Tonnage : 13639
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 165
Beam : 21
Draught : 8m
Loss Day : 30
Loss Month : 10
Loss Year : 1994
Comment : Driven ashore on Ness of Trebister and wrecked
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 000099
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Dangerous wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 60.12003,-1.17748
Horizontal Datum : ETRS 1989
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 60.12003,-1.17748
WGS84 Origin : Block Shift
Previous Position : 60.12003,-1.17748
Position Quality : Precisely known
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 2
Vertical Datum : Mean Low Water Springs
Name : PIONERSK
Type : M FACTORY SHIP
Flag : RUSSIA
Length : 164.9
Beam : 21.3
Draught : 7.9
Orientation : 90.0
Tonnage : 10035
Tonnage Type : Gross
Date Sunk : 31/10/1994
Bottom Texture : Rock
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Last Sensor : Diver Sighting
Original Detection Year : 1994
Last Detection Year : 2000
Original Source : Other
Last Source : Divers
Circumstances of Loss : **RAN AGROUND STERN FIRST IN STRONG WINDS. 156 CREW RESCUED. (LL, 1.11.94).
**BUILT 1963 BY STOCZNIA GDANSKA IM. LENINA, WITH 5 CYLINDER OIL ENGINE, MACHINERY BY A/S BURMEISTER & WAIN'S MASKIN-OG, COPENHAGEN. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY USSR 'ZAPRYBA'. BROKE FROM HER MOORING IN HEAVY WEATHER, DROVE ASHORE ON NESS OF TREBISTER, BROKE IN TWO. ALL CREW OF 137 SAFE. (SIBI, SHIPWRECKS OF THE N OF SCOTLAND [PHOTO OF GROUNDING], & OFF SCOTLAND).
Surveying Details : **HH270/400/06 5.11.94 VESSEL AGROUND IN 600712N, 011024W [OGB]. (MRSC SHETLAND TELEX DTD 31.10.94 & LL).
**HH270/400/06 8.11.94 VESSEL REPORTED IN 600714N, 011032W [OGB]. (TELECON HANNAFORD/LERWICK HBR MSTR. REPORT FROM MV 'FORTH EXPLORER' DTD 8.11.94). - NM 3998/94.
**HH270/400/06 13.2.95 VESSEL REPORTED AS 'BROKE UP ON 18.1.95, LEAVING NO VISIBLE SIGNS ON THE SURFACE.' (FISHING NEWS, 2.95) TELECON MRSC SHETLAND/W.O. CONFIRMED THAT SMALL PIECES ARE STILL VISIBLE. NCA.
**HH270/400/06 13.2.96 WK NOW TOTALLY SUBMERGED IN 600714N, 011032W [OGB]. (LERWICH HARBOUR TRUST, LETTER DTD 16.11.95). - NM 883/96.
POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE
**3.3.00 WK IS MOSTLY BROKEN UP, WITH INTACT SECTIONS OF HOLD. TIP OF THE BOWS BREAKS THE SURFACE. (DIVER MAGAZINE MAR '00).
**18.2.04 EUT POSN: 6007.202N, 0110.649W. NE 3271.
**18.3.09 BOW IN LESS THAN 10MTRS, STERN IN 22MTRS. LYING E/W, BOWS E. DERRICKS & MAIN MAST LIE ACROSS WK. STERN MOST INTACT PART OF WK. (SHIPWRECKS OF N OF SCOTLAND, BAIRD)
Chart Symbol : DW
Date Last Amended : 19/08/2008
Date Position Last Amended : 18/02/2004
