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Seriano: Kirk Sound, Scapa Flow, Orkney
Craft (20th Century), Steamship (20th Century)
Site Name Seriano: Kirk Sound, Scapa Flow, Orkney
Classification Craft (20th Century), Steamship (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Soriano; Lake Tahoe; S. N. A. 4; Sna 4; St Mary's Bay; Lamb Holm Pier; Churchill Causeway; Churchill Barrier No.1; North Sea
Canmore ID 102370
Site Number HY40SE 8005
NGR HY 34812 10010
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/102370
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Maritime - Orkney
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
HY40SE 8005 4812 0106
N58 53.65 W2 54.0167
NLO: St Mary's Bay [name: HY 477 005]
Lamb Holm [name: HY 485 003]
Scapa Flow [name centred HY 36 00].
For plan indicating the relative locations and orientations of blockships in this group, see Macdonald 1990, 125.
Formerly entered as Site no. 8915.
For adjacent and successor causeway (Churchill Barrier no. 1), see HY40SE 25.
Horizontal Datum = UND
Circumstances of Loss Details
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The steel single-screw steamship SORIANO was built in 1917 and sunk as a blockship. The wreck was later removed.
Source: Wrecks of Scapa Flow.
Surveying Details
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14 March 1972. The site of the wreck is said to be on a bearing of 327 degrees, 975 metres from Lamb Holm trig station (61), or 58 53 39N, 002 54 01W. However, the wreck no longer exists. The hull has been removed. The seabed is stained with rust and white streaks on a bearing of 112/293 degrees and parallel to the barrier. There is also an unknown vessel, which used to lie about 150 metres to the west and parallel to the barrier(or bearing 334 degrees, 900 metres from trig station (61)). This has also been lifted and the site is in the same state the SORIANO's.
Report by Undermarine Operations, 5 March 1972.
Hydrographic Office, 1995.
(Classified as steel steamship: no cargo specified, but former names cited as Evansville, Lake Tahoe and S.N.A.4, and date of loss as 15 March 1939). Seriano: this vessel was scuttled as a blockship, removed and scrapped.
Registration: British. Built 1917. 3543grt. Length: 113m. Beam: 13m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 53.65 W2 54.02).
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 : 2565
Name : SERIANO (EX. EVANSVILLE, ...)
Latitude : 585339
Longitude : 25401
Date Built : 1917
Registration : BRITISH
Type : SS (STEEL)
Tonnage : 3543
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 113
Beam : 13
Draught : 7m
Loss Day : 15
Loss Month : 3
Loss Year : 1939
Comment : Scuttled as a blockship. Removed and scrapped.
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 001275
Feature Class : Wreck
State : DEAD
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 58.89417,-2.90028
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 58.89375,-2.90189
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Previous Position : 58.89417,-2.90028
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 5
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : SORIANO
Type : BLOCKSHIP
Tonnage : 3543
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 1917, WAS SUNK AS A BLOCKSHIP. LATER REMOVED. (WKS OF SCAPA FLOW).
Surveying Details : **H2496/72 14.3.72 SITE OF WK SAID TO BE 327DEG, 3200FT FROM LAMB HOLM TRIG STN (61), OR 585339N, 025401W, BUT WK NO LONGER EXISTS. HULL HAS BEEN REMOVED. SEABED STAINED WITH RUST AND WHITE STREAKS, NNW/SSE PARALLEL TO BARRIER. ALSO UNKNOWN VESSEL USED TO LIE ABOUT 500FT W AND PARALLEL, OR 334DEG, 2950FT FROM TRIG STN (61) ALSO LIFTED, & SITE IN SAME STATE. (UNDERMARINE OPERATIONS, 5.3.72). NCA.
Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY
Date Last Amended : 09/02/2005
Date Position Last Amended : 09/02/2005
Reference (March 2012)
Sitename : Soriano
Altname : Soriano; Lake Tahoe; S. N. A. 4; Sna 4; St Mary's Bay; Lamb Holm Pier; Churchill Causeway; Churchill Barrier No.1; North Sea
Note : Location from Canmore
As Canmore
This was raised by Metal Industries and towed away (K. Heath pers. comm. 2012)
Sources :
Kevin Heath (personal communication),2012
UKHO wreck report,2012,0106
