Unknown: Isle Of May, Firth Of Forth
Aircraft (20th Century), Craft
Site Name Unknown: Isle Of May, Firth Of Forth
Classification Aircraft (20th Century), Craft
Alternative Name(s) Hms Northumbria; Packet; Hms/m K14; May Island; Outer Forth Estuary; North Sea; Unknown
Canmore ID 96713
Site Number NO60SW 8015
NGR NO 60709 00994
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/96713
- Council Fife
- Parish Maritime - Fife
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NO60SE 8007 6502 0235
N56 12.75 W2 33.8333
NLO: Isle of May [name: NT 65 99].
Formerly entered as NO60SE 8182.
Quality of fix = 0015
Evidence = Echo sounder
Horizontal Datum = OGB
General water depth = 38
Surveying Details
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24 March 1919. A wreck is reported at position 56 12 20N, 002 33 10W.
Report by Senior Naval Officer, Granton.
11 May 1953. The site was not found during survey.
28 August 1960. The site was not located. Report by HMS SCOTT 1959. Senior Naval Officer, Granton's report of 1919 is thought likely to refer to the sinking of HMS NORTHUMBRIA. See 56 12 26N, 002 34 43W.
19 January 1994. Nothing was found at the listed position but minor debris, possibly snagged by fishing net. The site was examined on the 19 August 1993 at 56 12 45.2N, 002 33 49.8W. The site swept clear at 36 metres, but caught the wire at 36.5 metres. The least clear water depth given by the echosounder was 36 metres in a general water depth of 37.7 metres. No scour pit was observed. The side scan sonar trace indicates a height of 2.2 metres above the seabed, length 8 metres (26 feet), and breadth 8 metres (26 feet).
Source: Oceonics (UK) Ltd.
Hydrographic Office 1995.
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 002957
Feature Class : Wreck
State : DEAD
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 56.20000,-2.63333
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 56.19992,-2.63484
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 40
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : UNKNOWN
Type : AIRCRAFT (LIGHTNING)
Flag : BRITISH
Date Sunk : 05/03/1970
Contact Description : Aircraft
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Original Detection Year : 1970
Original Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **CRASHED 2 MILES W OF ISLE OF MAY LIGHT.
Surveying Details : **H4076/65 20.3.70 CRASHED IN 23FMS. SALVAGE REQUESTED. (MOD AIR'S SIGNAL DTD 5.3.70). NCA YET.
**HH090/605/01 19.1.94 NOTHING FOUND. (OCEONICS (UK) LTD., HI 605).
Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY
Date Last Amended : 20/10/2003
