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Hms Thrush

Motor Gun Boat (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Hms Thrush

Classification Motor Gun Boat (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 323187

Site Number NW47SE 8001

NGR NW 49375 70026

Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long

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Administrative Areas

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

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Reference (19 April 2012)

UKHO Identifier : 005192

Feature Class : Wreck

Wreck Category : Non-dangerous wreck

State : LIVE

Classification : Unclassified

Position (Lat/long) : 54.96167,-5.91667

Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)

WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 54.96167,-5.91667

WGS84 Origin : Undefined

Previous Position : 54.96167,-5.91667

Position Quality : Unreliable

Depth Quality : Depth unknown

Water Depth : 10

Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide

Name : HMS THRUSH

Type : 1ST CLASS GUNBOAT

Flag : BRITISH

Length : 50.3

Beam : 9.4

Tonnage : 805

Tonnage Type : Displacement

Date Sunk : 11/04/1917

Bottom Texture : Rock

Contact Description : Notable debris

Original Sensor : Reported Sinking

Last Sensor : Diver Sighting

Original Detection Year : 1917

Last Detection Year : 1969

Original Source : Other

Last Source : Divers

Circumstances of Loss : **BUILT IN 1889 BY SCOTTS SHIPBUILDING, GREENOCK. SHE WAS ASIGNED TO THE COASTGUARD (1906), THEN A CABLE SHIP (1915) & FINALLY A SALVAGE SHIP. RAN AGROUND DURING A SNOWSTORM NEAR GLENARM, N. IRELAND. (SHIPS OF THE ROYAL NAVY)

Surveying Details : **H1245/69 20.10.69 REMAINS LIE SOME 50YDS FROM THE SHORE IN DEPTHS OF 30-40FT AND CONSIST OF SCATTERED WRECKAGE. (K.BIALOWAS, DIVE REPORT DTD 11.10.69). POSN 545742N, 055500W FOR FILING ONLY.

General Comments : SCATTERED WRECKAGE

Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY

Date Last Amended : 08/12/2009

Date Position Last Amended : 08/12/2009

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