Jessie (Possibly): North Sea
Craft (Possible)
Site Name Jessie (Possibly): North Sea
Classification Craft (Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Isle Of May; May Island; Unknown; Jessie (Possibly)
Canmore ID 96671
Site Number NO70SE 8001
NGR NO 76688 01804
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/96671
- Council Fife
- Parish Maritime - Fife
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NO70SE 8001 7668 0180
N 56 12.5 W 2 22.55
Formerly NO70SE 8140
Quality of fix = HF
Horizontal Datum = OGB
Surveying Details
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26 August 1977. An obstruction was located on 13 August 1976 at 56 12 30N, 002 22 33W. The site gives a least depth of 59.4 metres in a general water depth of 60 metres. No scour pits were observed from the side scan sonar trace. The obstrcution/wreck appears to be well broken up over a small area approximately 6 metres in radius.
Report by HMS SHIPHAM.
Hydrographic Office, 1995.
Evidence Of Loss (1995)
Quality of fix = HF
Horizontal Datum = OGB
Surveying Details
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26 August 1977. An obstruction was located on 13 August 1976 at 56 12 30N, 002 22 33W. The site gives a least depth of 59.4 metres in a general water depth of 60 metres. No scour pits were observed from the side scan sonar trace. The obstrcution/wreck appears to be well broken up over a small area approximately 6 metres in radius.
Report by HMS SHIPHAM.
Hydrographic Office 1995.
Evidence Of Loss (1998)
(No classification, cargo or date of loss specified). Jessie (possibly): 20 September 1873. [Wreck] broken up [dispersed] over small area.
(Location of loss cited as N56 12.50 W2 22.55).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 2195
Name : JESSIE (POSSIBLY)
Latitude : 561230
Longitude : 22233
Position : Exact Position
Loss Day : 20
Loss Month : 9
Loss Year : 1873
Comment : Broken up over small area
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 002959
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Non-dangerous wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 56.20833,-2.37583
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 56.20825,-2.37738
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Method : HI-FIX Parabolic or Hydrotrac
Position Quality : Surveyed
Position Accuracy : 25.0
Depth : 59.0
Depth Quality : Least depth known
Water Depth : 58
Water Level Effect : Always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : UNKNOWN
Sonar Length : 6.0
Sonar Width : 6.0
Scour Depth : 0.0
Contact Description : Notable debris
Original Sensor : Acoustic Sensor
Original Detection Year : 1976
Original Source : Survey Vessel
Surveying Details : **H4818/75 26.8.77 LOCATED 13.8.76 IN 561230N, 022233W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 59.4MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 60MTRS. NO SCOUR FROM DCS3 TRACE. APPEARS TO BE BROKEN UP OVER SMALL AREA WITH APPROX RADIUS 6MTRS. (HMS SHIPHAM, HI 42/76). BR STD.
General Comments : AREA OF WRECKAGE RADIUS 6MTRS
Chart Symbol : WK 59.0
Date Last Amended : 20/10/2003
Named Location (Nlo) (13 March 2012)
NLO: Isle of May [name: NT 65 99].
See also NO70SE 8006.
Formerly entered as NO70SE 8140.
Note (13 March 2012)
(Location entered as NO 7668 0180 [N56 12.5 W2 22.55]). UKHO chart no. 190 (1978, revise 1996) charts this wreck [Wk] at a depth of 59m on an apparently-level seabed 5.8nm ENE of South Ness [name: NT 662 988], the SE end of the Isle of May. No seabed-type is charted locally.
In the apparent absence of detailed survey or sonar imagery, the equation of this wreck with the recorded loss of the Jessie (NO70SE 8006) that is cited by Whittaker remains unverified.
Information fron RCAHMS (RJCM), 13 March 2012.