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Viking
Steamship (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Viking
Classification Steamship (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 323267
Site Number SC48SW 8001
NGR SC 44532 83492
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/323267
- Council Maritime
- Parish Maritime - England
- Former Region Not Applicable
- Former District Not Applicable
- Former County Not Applicable
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 005318
Feature Class : Wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 54.22333,-4.38500
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 54.22348,-4.38620
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Quality : Approximate
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 4
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : VIKING
Type : SS
Flag : BRITISH
Length : 42.8
Beam : 6.2
Draught : 3.1
Tonnage : 262
Tonnage Type : Gross
Cargo : 290 TONS BLENDED ORE
Date Sunk : 08/03/1889
Contact Description : None reported
Original Sensor : None reported
Original Detection Year : 1889
Original Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **BUILT IN 1874 BY J & R SWAN, DUMBARTON. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY J SERVICE, 21 HOPE ST, GLASGOW. ONE BOILER, COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE OF 40 NHP, SINGLS SHAFT. MACHINERY BY W KING & CO, GLASGOW. PASSAGE LAXEY, IOM FOR SWANSEA. SANK AFTER STRIKING LAXEY PIER WHILE GOING ASTERN. (SIBI & LL).
Surveying Details : **SANK OFFSHORE IN LAXEY BAY. (LL, 5.12.69). SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 541324N, 042306W. STS. NCA.
Charting Comments : EXISTING SCALES TOO SMALL
Date Last Amended : 24/08/2005
