Maritime record 2221 - UNKNOWN: EILEAN NA GOBHAIL, STORNOWAY, LEWIS, THE MINCH

NB43SW 8019 4255 3230
N 58 12.2667 W 6 22.9667

Quality of fix = CR
Horizontal Datum = OGB
General water depth = 2

Surveying Details
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A wreck is reported at 58 12 30N, 006 22 45W or bearing 341degrees, 173 metres from the trig point on Eilean na Gobhail, Stornoway.
Source; authority not stated.

28 November 1929. The site is now charted as a dangerous wreck in 58 12 14N, 006 23 00W.
Source; authority not stated.

2 March 1976. The site was not fully sounded or surveyed.
Report by HMS HERALD, 1 December 1975.

Ordnance Survey Great Britain datum gives position: 58 12 16N, 006 22 58W.

13 October 1976. The remains of a small wreck was found at 58 12 16N, 006 22 58W. No projection appears to be more than 0.3 metres above the surrounding mud and silt, and it should not be a hazard to the type of vessel that anchors in this area. The wreck was not dived upon.
Report by RAF Brize NortonSub Aqua Club 1976 Hebrides Survey.

Hydrographic Office, 1995.