This is the information page about the shipwreck Agios minas, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 42.096 N,6 30.656 W (55.924716666667, -6.2913)
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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: AGIOS MINAS
Length 98.5 meter, width: 13.1 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 2766 ton
Load: timber
Cause: stranded in the night and subsequent refloating attempts failed. deck cargo & cargo in after holds lost. about 400tons timber salvaged from forward holds. crew of 16 rescued by islay lifeboat. passage archangel to bristol.
Year of registration: 1968
Water depth above wreck: 10 meter
Known since: 1968, last detected: 1969
Details measurements/cartography: H453/67 14.10.68 H453/67 14.10.68 POSN 003.5DEG 1.73M OF RHIRMS OF ISLAY LT. (AUTHORITY NOT NOTED). INS AS ST IN 504206N, 063036W. BR STD. 20.1.69 20.1.69 HAS BEEN SOLD TO A MR BURT OF ISLAY AND WILL BE BROKEN UP. (LL 10.1.69) 23.2.96 23.2.96 LIES PARALLEL TO THE SHORE, WELL BROKEN UP, WITH THE STERN SECTION ABOUT 125YDS OFF THE ROCKS. POSN 554206N, 063036W. (SHIPWRECKS OF THE W OF SCOTLAND, B BAIRD). H453/67 7.12.73 H453/67 7.12.73 INS ST ON 3116 (MISSED SCALE).
- NM 2445/73.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 55 42.096 N,6 30.656 W