Maritime record MHG24273 - Pitstruan (possibly): Noss Head, North Sea

ND45SW 8000 4216 5339
N 58 27.9167 W 2 59.4833

Quality of fix = EDM
Evidence = Echo sounder
Horizontal Datum = OGB
General water depth = 56
Orientation of keel/wreck = 110290

Circumstances of Loss Details
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The trawler PITSTRUAN was built in 1913, and was mined off Noss Head whilst hired for Admiralty service as a minesweeper. It was owned at the time of loss by J S Doeg.
Source; The Real Price of Fish.

Surveying Details
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1917. The wreck's position is given as 58 28 30N, 002 56 30W. (authority not stated)

18 June 1926. The site is now charted as a non dangerous wreck position approximate.

19 March 1986. The site was examined on 8 October 1985 at 58 27 55N, 002 59 29W. NGR eastings 342175, northings 953405. Trisponder ranges: Noss Head 3703 metres; Toftcarl 9826 metres. Decca = [n scot] red c 22.7, green b 30.65, purple g 59.65. The least echosounder depth was 51 in a general depth of 56-57 metres. No scouring was observed. The side scan sonar indicated a height of 4.4 metres, and length of 43 metres. The vessel is lying with its keel on an orientation of 110/290 degrees. It is apparently broken up into two main parts, with a further small amount wreckage (height 1.8 metres) 70 metres south of the main wreck.
Report by HMS BEAGLE.

Hydrographic Office, 1995.