This is the information page about the shipwreck Archangel (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 15.737 N,2 0.099 W (57.4531, -1.7967)

 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, 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.

 

1. Archangel
2. Archangel (possibly)
3. Archangel (possibly)
4. Assyrian
5. Audacious ii
6. Bel lily
7. Ben tarbet
8. Branksea (possibly)
9. Cairnavon
10. Cairnie
11. Clan macphee
12. Coastal emperor
13. Constant star
14. Contender
15. Creekirk
16. Creemuir
17. Cushendall (part of)(possibly)
18. Emperor (possibly)
19. Empire brigade
20. Empress (part of)(possibly)
21. Faithful iii
22. Fiscus
23. Glen tanar
24. Gogovale
25. Gowrie (possibly)
26. Gunborg
27. Hedrun
28. Hms broadwater
29. Hms gelsina
30. Hms yesso (probably)
31. Integrity
32. Jacqueline
33. Jamaica pioneer
34. James hall
35. Karemma
36. King alfred
37. La brea
38. Luffness
39. Magician
40. Maria w
41. Matador
42. Muriel
43. New dawn (possibly)
44. Niritos
45. Nora
46. Ocean herald ii
47. Our merit (possibly)
48. Ross khartoum
49. Rowanbank
50. Saint magnus
51. Santa catarina
52. Sedgepool
53. Shekatika
54. Sheriffmuir
55. Shirak
56. Silverburn
57. Snefjeld
58. Soesterberg
59. St catherine (probably)
60. St clement (possibly)
61. Sturdee
62. T6 (possibly)
63. Trebartha
64. Trevorian
65. Viking queen
66. Ville de hasselt
67. Xenia
68. Xmas rose
69. Zitella

 

Name: ARCHANGEL (POSSIBLY)

Length 100.9 meter, width: 13.4 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 2448 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,personnel

Cause: ex-st petersburg. built in 1910 by j brown & co ltd, clydebank. owned at time of loss by the great eastern railway co. five boilers, triple s turbines of 10692hp. passage kirkwall for aberdeen. attacked by german aircraft and severely damaged. 40 crew and 12 passengers lost. subsequently beached and broke into four sections. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 10 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 1952

Details measurements/cartography: H03451/41 29.10.41 THE KATHLEEN LOST HER TRAWL IN 1952. A DIVING AND E/S EXAMINATION MADE 3.7.52 FOUND A LARGE STEEL VESSEL IN 25 FEET OF WATER IN 571545N, 020000W. DIVERS VISIBILTY 2-3 FEET. LIES E/W. STANDS UP TO 10- FEET ABOVE BOTTOM (SCOTTISH HOME DEPARTMENT 25.7.52 & FRS CLUPEA). INS AS DW.

- NM 1530/52.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: See Also: 2145

Position: 57 15.737 N,2 0.099 W

 

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