A C W 11 [possibly]: Huip Ness, Stronsay, Orkney, North Sea
Barge (20th Century)
Site Name A C W 11 [possibly]: Huip Ness, Stronsay, Orkney, North Sea
Classification Barge (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) A. C. W. 11; Papa Sound; Whitehall Harbour; Whitehall Village; Unknown; A C W 11
Canmore ID 3332
Site Number HY62NW 8001
NGR HY 64830 29305
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/3332
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Maritime - Orkney
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
HY62NW 23 6485 2935
N59 8.99 W2 36.87
NLO: Whitehall Village [name: HY 655 285]
Huip Ness [name: HY 644 302]
Papa Sound [name centred HY 658 288]
Stronsay [name centred HY 66 24].
Wreck of a concrete barge used as a coal hulk during the herring fishery (to supply steam drifters). Complete hull survives and is visible at low water. Two derricks which were operated by steam winches. This was one of three coal hulks in Papa Sound; it broke from its mooring in a storm and was driven ashore here.
RCAHMS 1984 (visited by Dr R G Lamb, June 1979).
(Classified as concrete hulk, with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 22 February 1936). A C W 11: this vessel stranded at Whitehall harbour after dragging anchors. Built 1918. 378 grt.
(Location of loss cited as N59 5.0 W2 38.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Visible on air photograph OS 69/150/045, flown 1969.
Information from RCAHMS (DRE), 20 May 1999.
The wreck cited by RCAHMS wreck is apparently to be equated with the A C W 11 that is cited by Whittaker. Whitehall harbour is not noted as such on the 1998 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 16 October 2002.
RCAHMS 1984; I G Whittaker 1998.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 10935
Name : A C W 11
Latitude : 590500
Longitude : 23800
Date Built : 1918
Type : HULK (CONCRETE)
Tonnage : 378
Tonnage Code : G
Loss Day : 22
Loss Month : 2
Loss Year : 1936
Comment : Stranded at Whitehall Harbour, Stronsay after dragging anchors.
Cargo : COAL
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 068440
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Wreck showing any portion of hull or superstructure
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 59.14907,-2.61657
Horizontal Datum : ETRS 1989
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 59.14907,-2.61657
WGS84 Origin : Block Shift
Position Method : Differential Global Positioning System
Position Quality : Surveyed
Position Accuracy : 3.0
Drying Height : 0.9
Depth Method : Found by multi-beam
Depth Quality : Least depth known
Water Depth : 3
Water Level Effect : Covers and uncovers
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : UNKNOWN
Type : BARGE
Sonar Length : 59.0
Sonar Width : 8.0
Shadow Height : 4.0
Orientation : 46.0
Bottom Texture : Sand
Sonar Signal Strength : Moderate
Scour Depth : 0.0
Debris Field : NIL
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Acoustic Sensor
Original Detection Year : 2006
Original Source : Survey Vessel
Surveying Details : **SEP 2006/369679 5.9.05 EXAM'D 31.3.06 IN 5908.944N, 0236.994W [EUT] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH DRIES 0.09 IN GEN DEPTH 2.9MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 59MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS, HT 4MTRS. LIES 046/226DEGS. (MMT SURVEY VESSEL PING, HI 1122). INS AS ST DRIES 0.1MTR. BR STD.
**27.11.06 SHOWN AS ST DRIES 0.9MTRS ON CARIS PLOT [M4298]. BELIEVED TO BE A TYPING ERROR FOR DEPTH IN REPORT ABOVE. INS AS ST DRIES 0.9MTRS. NE 2562.
General Comments : INTACT, UPRIGHT, SINGLE HOLD
Chart Symbol : ST D0.9
Date Last Amended : 23/01/2007
Reference (March 2012)
Sitename : A C W 11 [Possibly] Hup Ness, Stronsay, Orkney, North Sea
Altname : A. C. W. 11, Pap Sound, Whitehall Harbour, Whitehall village
Note : Wreck identified at NGR 364830E 1029305N in MBES survey. Wreck is aligned SW-NE with a length of 77 metres by 29 metres and is possibly the barge A C W 11.
Sources :
SeaZone Hydrospatial OSGB36 Wrecks point,SeaZone,2010
Sanday Sound to Westray Firth in WGS1984 at 3 metre resolution Bathymetric Id 20067059,UKHO,2010
