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Pontoon No 1: Scapa Flow, Orkney

Floating Dock (20th Century), Pontoon (Period Unknown)

Site Name Pontoon No 1: Scapa Flow, Orkney

Classification Floating Dock (20th Century), Pontoon (Period Unknown)

Alternative Name(s) Pontoon No 1

Canmore ID 102278

Site Number ND39NW 8085

NGR ND 30211 97602

Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Orkney Islands
  • Parish Maritime - Orkney
  • Former Region Orkney Islands Area
  • Former District Maritime
  • Former County Not Applicable

Archaeology Notes

ND39NW 8085 3021 9760

N58 51.6333 W3 12.6

NLO: Stromness [name: HY 253 090]

Scapa Flow [name centred HY 36 00].

Formerly entered as ND29NE 8002 at [incorrectly converted] location ND 2965 9761 [N58 51.6333 W3 12.6].

Horizontal Datum = OGB

General water depth = 10

Surveying Details

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11 January 1943. A pontoon was sunk at 58 51 38N, 003 12 36W.

(Authority not stated)

Hydrographic Office, 1995.

Activities

Reference (19 April 2012)

UKHO Identifier : 001042

Feature Class : Wreck

State : DEAD

Classification : Unclassified

Position (Lat/long) : 58.86056,-3.21000

Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)

WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 58.86014,-3.21156

WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)

Position Quality : Unreliable

Depth Quality : Depth unknown

Water Depth : 10

Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide

Name : PONTOON NO 1

Type : PONTOON

Date Sunk : ??/??/1943

Contact Description : Entire wreck

Original Sensor : Reported Sinking

Original Detection Year : 1943

Original Source : Other

Surveying Details : **H0309/43 11.1.43 PONTOON SUNK IN 585138N, 031236W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NCA.

POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE

**5.10.10 NOT LOCATED BY M/B. (FATHOMS LTD, POST SDC BATHY REPROCESSING). AMEND DEAD. NCA.

Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY

Date Last Amended : 05/10/2010

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