Ocean Drift: North Sea
Trawler (20th Century)
Site Name Ocean Drift: North Sea
Classification Trawler (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Lh 73; Pitfour; '50 Miles Nne Of Buchanness'; Buchan Ness; Ocean Drift (Lh 73) (Ex. Pitfour)
Canmore ID 308343
Site Number NE53NE 8003
NGR NE 58 38
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/308343
- Council Maritime
- Parish Maritime - Offshore
- Former Region Not Applicable
- Former District Not Applicable
- Former County Not Applicable
NE53NE 8003 unlocated
NLO: Buchan Ness [name: NK 137 422].
Possibly within Maritime - Aberdeenshire.
(Classified as trawler: registration cited as LH 73, and date of loss as 17 March 1940). Ocean Drift: this vessel was in collision and sank 50 miles NNE of Buchanness [Buchan Ness]. (HMS Intrepid).
Registration: Leith. Built 1916. 227grt. Length: 36m. Beam: 7m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 20.00 W1 0.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet and quasi-administrative area assigned to this record are essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker.
The loss of this vessel may have occurred within the quasi-administrative area that is designated Maritime - Aberdeenshire.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 29 December 2010.
Loss (17 March 1940)
(Classified as trawler: registration cited as LH 73, and date of loss as 17 March 1940). Ocean Drift: this vessel was in collision and sank 50 miles NNE of Buchanness [Buchan Ness]. (HMS Intrepid).
Registration: Leith. Built 1916. 227grt. Length: 36m. Beam: 7m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 20.00 W1 0.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (29 December 2010)
The map sheet and quasi-administrative area assigned to this record are essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker.
The loss of this vessel may have occurred within the quasi-administrative area that is designated Maritime - Aberdeenshire.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 29 December 2010.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 2433
Name : OCEAN DRIFT (LH 73) (EX. PITFOUR)
Latitude : 582000
Longitude : 10000
Date Built : 1916
Registration : LEITH
Type : TRAWLER
Tonnage : 227
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 36
Beam : 7
Draught : 4m
Position : Position Approximate
Loss Day : 17
Loss Month : 3
Loss Year : 1940
Comment : Collision and sunk 50 miles NNE of Buchanness (HMS INTREPID).
