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
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/102278
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Maritime - Orkney
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
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
-----------------------------
11 January 1943. A pontoon was sunk at 58 51 38N, 003 12 36W.
(Authority not stated)
Hydrographic Office, 1995.
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