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
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/323187
- Council Maritime
- Parish Maritime - Offshore
- Former Region Not Applicable
- Former District Not Applicable
- Former County Not Applicable
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
