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Explorer: North Sea
Steam Trawler (20th Century)
Site Name Explorer: North Sea
Classification Steam Trawler (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Explorer
Canmore ID 288625
Site Number NE55NE 8001
NGR NE 58 57
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/288625
- Council Maritime
- Parish Maritime - Offshore
- Former Region Not Applicable
- Former District Not Applicable
- Former County Not Applicable
NE55NE 8001 unlocated
(Classified as iron and steel steam trawler: date of loss cited as 4 June 1915). Explorer: this vessel was sunk by gunfire from submarine 75 miles NExN from this position.
Registration: Hull. Built 1895. 156grt. Length: 31m. Beam: 9m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 30.0 W1 0.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet and quasi-administrative area assigned to this record are entirely arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 15 May 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 7526
Name : EXPLORER
Latitude : 583000
Longitude : 10000
Date Built : 1895
Registration : HULL
Type : STEAM TRAWLER(I&S)
Tonnage : 156
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 31
Beam : 6
Draught : 3m
Loss Day : 4
Loss Month : 6
Loss Year : 1915
Comment : Sunk by gunfire from submarine 75 miles NExN from Buchan Ness
