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Unknown: Atlantic

Craft (Period Unassigned)(Possible)

Site Name Unknown: Atlantic

Classification Craft (Period Unassigned)(Possible)

Alternative Name(s) Unknown

Canmore ID 296807

Site Number HX01NE 8001

NGR HX 07104 15331

Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/296807

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Maritime
  • Parish Maritime - Offshore
  • Former Region Not Applicable
  • Former District Not Applicable
  • Former County Not Applicable

Archaeology Notes

HX01NE 8001 0700 1502

N58 58.75 W5 21.5

Unknown: chart symbol [Wk]

[No further information].

(Location cited as N58 58.75 W5 21.50).

I G Whittaker 1998.

The significance of this record remains unclear. It presumably refers to a sonar contact.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 29 October 2008.

Activities

Note (29 October 2008)

The significance of this record remains unclear. It presumably refers to a sonar contact.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 29 October 2008.

Reference (19 April 2012)

UKHO Identifier : 000846

Feature Class : Wreck

Wreck Category : Non-dangerous wreck

State : DEAD

Classification : Unclassified

Position (Lat/long) : 58.98194,-5.35694

Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)

WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 58.98148,-5.35823

WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)

Position Method : Hyper-Fix

Position Quality : Surveyed

Position Accuracy : 13.0

Depth : 81.0

Depth Method : Found by side-scan sonar

Depth Quality : Least depth known

Water Depth : 85

Water Level Effect : Always under water/submerged

Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide

Name : UNKNOWN

Sonar Length : 70.0

Sonar Width : 7.0

Shadow Height : 3.5

Orientation : 0.0

Scour Depth : 0.0

Contact Description : Entire wreck

Original Sensor : Acoustic Sensor

Original Detection Year : 1983

Original Source : Survey Vessel

Surveying Details : **H2884/83 11.5.84 WK EXAM'D 25.9.83 IN 585855N, 052125W [OGB] USING HYPERFIX [3 LOP]. NOT SEEN ON E/S. GEN DEPTHS 84 - 86MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 3.5MTRS, LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 7MTRS. BROKEN WK WITH 2 HIGH POINTS. LYING N/S. (RACAL SURVEY, HI 160). INS AS WK 81MTRS. BR STD.

POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE

**HH091/071/01 30.11.05 NOT LOCATED BY M/B AND MAGNETOMETER. DISPROVED. (GARDLINE, HI 1071). AMEND DEAD. BR STD.

General Comments : BROKEN WK, TWO HIGH POINTS

Chart Symbol : WK 81.0

Date Last Amended : 30/11/2005

Loss

Unknown: chart symbol [Wk]

[No further information].

(Location cited as N58 58.75 W5 21.50).

I G Whittaker 1998.

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