Golden West: Aberdeen Harbour, North Sea
Drifter (20th Century)
Site Name Golden West: Aberdeen Harbour, North Sea
Classification Drifter (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Golden West
Canmore ID 312419
Site Number NJ90NE 8368
NGR NJ 954 056
NGR Description NJ c. 954 056
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Aberdeen, City Of
- Parish Maritime - Aberdeen City Of
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
Loss (15 January 1945)
(Classified as Drifter: date of loss cited as 15 January 1945). Golden West: [this vessel] foundered [sank] in Aberdeen Harbour.
Registration: British.
(Location of loss cited as N57 8.50 W2 4.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Named Location (Nlo) (18 August 2011)
NLO: Aberdeen [name: NJ 95 05].
Possibly on map sheet NJ90NW.
Note (18 August 2011)
(Location entered as NJ c. 954 056 [N57 8.5 W2 4.7]). The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. The loss of this vessel may have occurred within the area of map sheet NJ90NW.
Aberdeen Harbour (NJ90NE 7.00) is centred at NJ 95 05.
The remains of this vessel were presumably removed without delay from this constrained location.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 18 August 2011.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 170
Name : GOLDEN WEST
Latitude : 570830
Longitude : 20430
Registration : BRITISH
Type : DRIFTER
Loss Day : 15
Loss Month : 1
Loss Year : 1945
Comment : Foundered in Aberdeen Hbr