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Unknown: Inner Tay Estuary

Craft

Site Name Unknown: Inner Tay Estuary

Classification Craft

Alternative Name(s) Tay Railway Bridge; Firth Of Tay; Inchyra

Canmore ID 96728

Site Number NO32NE 8002

NGR NO 38866 28150

Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/96728

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Dundee, City Of
  • Parish Maritime - Dundee, City Of
  • Former Region Tayside
  • Former District Maritime
  • Former County Not Applicable

Archaeology Notes

NO32NE 8002 3886 2815

N 56 26.5 W 2 59.5

Formerly entered as NO32NE 8197

Horizontal Datum = UND

Surveying Details

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The wreck's position is given as 56 26 30N, 002 59 30W, 106 metres east of the Tay Bridge.

Source; Dundee Harbour Trust. The wreck is buoyed on the south side.

Hydrographic Office 1995.

Activities

Reference (19 April 2012)

UKHO Identifier : 003014

Feature Class : Wreck

Wreck Category : Dangerous wreck

State : DEAD

Classification : Unclassified

Position (Lat/long) : 56.44167,-2.99167

Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)

WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 56.44155,-2.99314

WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)

Previous Position : 56.44167,-2.99167

Position Method : Compass Bearing and Radar Range

Position Quality : Precisely known

Depth : 2.7

Depth Quality : Depth known

Water Depth : 5

Water Level Effect : Always under water/submerged

Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide

Name : INCHYRA

Contact Description : Entire wreck

Original Sensor : None reported

Original Detection Year : 1929

Original Source : Other

Markers : MARKED BY BUOY [NO DETAILS]

Surveying Details : **TH38/349 POSN 562630N, 025930W, OR 350FT E OF TAY BRIDGE. (DUNDEE HR TRUST 13/2).

**H1059/28 24.10.29 INS WK 9FT AND BUOY. (DUNDEE HR TRUST, 21.10.29).

**H104/31 7.1.31 DELETE FROM ALL CHARTS. (DUNDEE HR TRUST 31.12.30). AMENDED TO DEAD.

Chart Symbol : WK 2.7

Date Last Amended : 07/01/2006

Date Position Last Amended : 17/10/2003

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