This is the information page about the shipwreck Aberdeen city, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 59 16.773 N,2 22.102 W (59.308216666667, -2.5270666666667)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.
Name: ABERDEEN CITY
Length 35.4 meter, width: 7.7 meter, tonnage 264 ton
Cause: built in 1957 by bickerton & day, stockport. owned at time of loss by aberdeen motor trawlers ltd. 6 cylinder oil engine, single shaft. machinery by mirlees. stranded.
Year of registration: 1966
Water depth above wreck: 5 meter
Known since: 1966, last detected: 2009
Details measurements/cartography: H3403/59 3.11.66 STRANDED OFF START PT, SANDAY IS, ORKNEY, IN 591648N, 022200W [OGB]. (REPORT OF COURT NO S465). INS AS ST. BR STD. HH091/137/01 6.11.09 NOT SIGHTED. UNABLE TO SURVEY IN SHALLOW WATERS. (NETSURVEY, HI 1137). AMEND FOR FILING ONLY. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 59 16.773 N,2 22.102 W