Aircraft Wreck 49617

Field Value
Wreck Category non-dangerous wreck
Status Dead = Not detected by numerous sources therefore considered not to exist
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM) 		56 30.406 N,5 45.148 W
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 56.506767
  • Longitude: -5.752467
Water Depth 75 m
Water Level Effect always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum Approximate Lowest Astronomical Tide
Type aircraft
Conspic Visual not visually conspicuous
Conspic Radar not radar conspicuous
Date Sunk Dec 11, 1953
Bottom Texture Mud
Original Detection Year 1954
Last Detection Year 2011
Original Source other
Last Amended Date Nov 5, 2014

Surveying Details

H8220/53 15.1.54 AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN SOUND OF MULL, IN 563025N, 054505W [OGB]. MARKED BY G CONICAL BUOY. (WZ 296). NCA. H5248/73 7.1.74 POSN & GENERAL AREA SOUNDED. NOTHING LOCATED. (NAVAL BOAT PARTY 5640(M), HI 46/73). NCA. 9.1.09 WRECKAGE FROM AIRCRAFT FOUND IN SEVERAL POSNS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE SOUND. 2 BODIES WERE RECOVERED FROM THE WATER AT TIME OF INCIDENT. AREA HAS BEEN WORKED BY SCALLOP DREDGERS SO LITTLE OF AIRCRAFT WILL REMAIN. AN ENGINE WITH PROPELLER INTACT WAS FOUND IN A GEN DEPTH OF 25MTRS IN SCALLASTLE BAY, TO THE S OF STATED POSN. (SHIPWRECKS OF W SCOTLAND). NCA. 12.3.12 NOT LOCATED 30.10.11 BY M/B WITHIN 250MTRS OF LISTED POSN. (NETSURVEY, HI 1364). AMEND DEAD. NCA.

Circumstances of loss

COASTAL COMMAND SHACKLETON AIRCRAFT ON A TRAINING FLIGHT FROM BALLYKELLY, N IRELAND, LOST IN SCALLASTLE BAY FOLLOWING AN EXPLOSION. 10 LIVES LOST. (SHIPWRECKS OF THE W OF SCOTLAND)

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