Scotia Wreck

General Comments

SURVEY REQUIREMENT COMMENTS CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION EXTENDING 50M OUT FROM AN AXIS RUNNING FROM POS. LAT.52-43-42.7N, LONG.174-04-18E TO LAT.52-43-49.2N, LONG.174-04-18E (NAD 83). THIS SEARCH AREA REPRESENTS THE SCATTERED WRECKAGE OF THE S.S. SCOTIA, WITH OVERLAP, AS SHOWN ON H-6873/45. HISTORY H-6938/43--SHOAL SHOWN IN THE VICINITY OF LAT.52-43-51.6N, LONG.174-04-27.3E WITH A DEPTH OF 1 4/6 FATH; POSITION IN NAD 27, CONVERTED FROM USN GANNET DATUM, 1934, USING GRID SYSTEM ON H-6873. AT THE TIME OF THIS SURVEY THE SCOTIA HAD NOT YET BEEN STRANDED. POSITION OF THIS SHOAL IS TO BE CONSIDERED APPROX., DUE TO CONTROL PROBLEMS AND GRID DIFFERENCES; HOWEVER THE SHOAL PLOTS IN THE VICINITY OF THE WHERE THE SCOTIA WILL BE STRANDED AND MAY BE RELATED TO THE INCIDENT. H-6873/45--THE WRECKAGE OF THE S.S. SCOTIA, HAVING A LENGTH OF 253 FT IS NOW SCATTERED OVER AN AREA EXTENDING APPROX. 600 FT IN LENGTH. CENTRAL LOCATION OF WRECKAGE ON THE SURVEY IS APPROX. POS. LAT.52-43-51.5N, LONG.174-04-29E (NAD 27). FE162/58--AREA OF WRECKAGE COVERED BY APPROX. 10M LINE SPACING WITH ECHO SOUNDER. INDICATIONS OF THE WRECKAGE EXTEND APPROX. 75M IN A NORTH/NORTHEAST TO SOUTH/SOUTHWEST ORIENTATION. SHOALEST DEPTHS ON THE WRECKAGE WAS 8 FT MLLW IN POSITIONS LAT.52-43-53.70N, LONG.174-04-29.65E AND LAT.52-43-52.45N, LONG.174-04-29.2E (NAD 27). (ENTERED 3/93 MCR) H10483/93--S-Q903-PHP; LARGE AMOUNT OF KELP IN THE AREA PREVENTED SIDE SCAN SONAR INVESTIGATION. A 10-METER ECHO-SOUNDER INVESTIGATION WAS CONDUCTED OVER THE ACCESSIBLE PORTION OF THE SEARCH AREA W/ 5-METER SPLITS. A LEAST DEPTH OF 3.3M WAS FOUND IN LAT.52-43-46.64N, LONG. 174-04-18.49E. DEPTH WAS VERIFIED BY LEAD LINE. EVALUATOR RECOMMENDS TO CHANGE TO CHARTED "WKS" NOTE ON CHART. PRIOR LEAST DEPTH OF 8 FT ( 2.4M) FROM FE162 WAS BROUGHT FORWARD. RECOMMEND TO CHART ITEM AS SHOWN ON THE SMOOTH SHEET. UPDATED 9/95 MCR DESCRIPTION 20 FTR; STRANDED DEC. 23, 1943, AT SHEMYA ISLAND; 2649 TONS