Valentine Tank: Burghead Bay, Moray Firth
Armoured Vehicle (20th Century)(Possible)
Site Name Valentine Tank: Burghead Bay, Moray Firth
Classification Armoured Vehicle (20th Century)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Burghead
Canmore ID 310911
Site Number NJ06NE 8010
NGR NJ 0627 6779
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/310911
- Council Moray
- Parish Maritime - Moray
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NJ06NE 8010 0627 6779
N57 41.41 W3 34.43
NLO: Burghead Bay [name: NJ 08 67]
Burghead [name: NJ 110 690].
See also NJ06NE 8001, NJ06NW 8002 and NJ06NE 8002.
Unknown. Chart symbol: Wk.
[No further information].
(Location of loss cited as N57 41.40 W3 34.43).
I G Whittaker 1998.
This wreck has been identified as a Valentine Tank. It was first reported in 1985, and was said to be full of silt.
The latest available position is: 57 41.380N 03 34.050E [WGD], as reported by a fishing vessel in 2004.
Information from Lieutenant Commander N Mceachan, Royal Navy, Wrecks Section, UKHO, Taunton, 5 May 2011.
UKHO chart no. 115 (1978, revised 1993) charts this wreck [Wk] at a charted depth of 6m, in a position roughly central to Burghead Bay and 2.4nm WSW of Burghead. The general seabed depth in this area is about 7m; no seabed type is indicated.
No detailed description of this wreck is apparently available.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 5 May 2011.
Loss (1998)
Unknown. Chart symbol: Wk.
[No further information].
(Location of loss cited as N57 41.40 W3 34.43).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (5 May 2011)
UKHO chart no. 115 (1978, revised 1993) charts this wreck [Wk] at a charted depth of 6m, in a position roughly central to Burghead Bay and 2.4nm WSW of Burghead. The general seabed depth in this area is about 7m; no seabed type is indicated.
No detailed description of this wreck is apparently available.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 5 May 2011.
External Reference (5 May 2011)
This wreck has been identified as a Valentine Tank. It was first reported in 1985, and was said to be full of silt.
The latest available position is: 57 41.380N 03 34.050E [WGD], as reported by a fishing vessel in 2004.
Information from Lieutenant Commander N Mceachan, Royal Navy, Wrecks Section, UKHO, Taunton, 5 May 2011.
