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Lake Nuechatte: Kirk Sound, Scapa Flow, Orkney
Craft (20th Century), Steamship (20th Century)
Site Name Lake Nuechatte: Kirk Sound, Scapa Flow, Orkney
Classification Craft (20th Century), Steamship (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Lake Neuchatte; Lake Neuchatel; Renfrew; Claveresk; Houstone; Mari; Ulversmead; St Mary's Bay; Churchill Barrier No.1; North Sea
Canmore ID 102171
Site Number HY40SE 8001
NGR HY 48230 00597
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/102171
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Maritime - Orkney
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
HY40SE 8001 4823 0117
N58 53.4 W2 53.9
NLO: St Mary's Bay [name: HY 477 005]
Stromness [name: HY 253 090]
Scapa Flow [name centred HY 36 00].
Formerly entered as Site no. 8707 and also (in error) as Lake Nuechatte.
For adjacent and successor causeway (Churchill Barrier no. 1), see HY40SE 25.
For plan indicating the relative locations and orientations of blockships in this group, see Macdonald 1990, 125.
Horizontal Datum = OGB
Circumstances of Loss Details
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The LAKE NEUCHATTE was a steel single-screw ss, built in 1907, and sunk as a blockship. It was salvaged by Metal Industries Ltd.
Source: Wrecks of Scapa Flow
Surveying Details
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14 March 1972. The wreck's position is given as 58 53 24N, 002 53 54W.
14 March 1972. The wreck is stated to have been on a bearing of 311 degrees, 548 metres from Lamb Holm trig station (61), but the complete hull has now been lifted.
Report by Undermarine Operations, 5 March 1972.
LAKE NEUCHATEL (ex RENFREW, CLAVERESK, HOUSTONE, MARI, ULVERSMEAD) sunk 1939, 3859gt, steel single-screw steamer, built 1907 Sunderland. Registered London. Salvaged 1948 by Metal Industries Ltd.
Source: Ferguson 1984
Hydrographic Office 1995.
(Classified as steel steamship: no cargo specified, but former names cited as Renfrew and Claveresk, and date of loss as 21 October 1939). Lake Neuchatel: this vessel was scuttled as a blockship, but was removed for scrap in 1948.
Registration: British. 3859 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N58 53.40 W2 53.90).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Kirk Sound is not noted as such on the 1998 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map. The name applies to the most northerly of the sounds on the E side of Scapa Flow, beteween Lamb Holm (to the S) and St Mary's village, Holm, Mainland (to the N). It is centred at HY 484 010, and is spanned by Churchill Barrier No. 1 (HY40SE 25).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 21 March 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 966
Name : LAKE NEUCHATEL (EX. RENFREW, ...)
Latitude : 585324
Longitude : 25354
Registration : BRITISH
Type : SS (STEEL)
Tonnage : 3859
Loss Day : 21
Loss Month : 10
Loss Year : 1939
Comment : Scuttled as a blockship. Removed in 1948 for scrap.
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 001270
Feature Class : Wreck
State : DEAD
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 58.89000,-2.89833
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 58.88958,-2.89995
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Previous Position : 58.89000,-2.89833
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 5
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : LAKE NEUCHATTE
Type : BLOCKSHIP
Flag : BRITISH
Tonnage : 3859
Tonnage Type : Gross
Date Sunk : ??/??/1939
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Original Detection Year : 1939
Original Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **STEEL SINGLE-SCREW SS, BUILT 1907, SUNK AS A BLOCKSHIP. SALVAGED BY METAL INDUSTRIES LTD. (WKS OF SCAPA FLOW).
Surveying Details : **H2496/72 14.3.72 POSN 585324N, 025354W.
**H2496/72 14.3.72 STATED TO HAVE BEEN 311DEG, 1800FT FROM LAMB HOLM TRIG STN (61), BUT COMPLETE HULL NOW LIFTED. (UNDERMARINE OPERATIONS, 5.3.72). NCA.
Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY
Date Last Amended : 09/02/2005
Date Position Last Amended : 05/08/1998
