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