This is the information page about the shipwreck Ardgarry, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 53.945 N,5 13.506 W (49.967, -5.1835166666667)
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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: ARDGARRY
Length 67.4 meter, width: 10.5 meter, draught: 4.2, tonnage 798 ton
Load: coal
Cause: built in 1957 by james lamont & co, port glasgow. owned at time of loss by p maccallum & sons ltd. 6 cylinder oil engine, single shaft. machinery aft by british polar engines ltd, glasgow. passage swansea for rouen. was seen passing the lizard and then vanished. broken lifeboats were washed up, one at scilly the other at land's end. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1982
Water depth above wreck: 79 meter, Height above seabed: 112 cm
Known since: 1982, last detected: 2006
Details measurements/cartography: PREVIOULY THOUGHT TO BE 'WESTWOOD.' SEE [65687]. H1310/82/21 3.8.82 H1310/82/21 3.8.82 WK IN 495404N, 051324W [OGB] USING DECCA. STANDS 8MTRS ABOVE SEABED. (S N GLINSKI, 15.7.82). AMEND TO WK 70MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH091/059/01 8.4.05 HH091/059/01 8.4.05 EXAM'D 18.9.04 IN 4953.945N, 0513.506W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 70.1 IN GEN DEPTH 79.6MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 68MTRS, WIDTH 18MTRS, HT 9.5MTRS. LIES 122/292 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. HIGHLY DEGRADED, BROKEN WK. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). RETAIN WK 70MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 2.12.05 2.12.05 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. THIS IS A MV WITH TWO HATCHES AND 'GOAL-POST' DERRICKS. APPEARANCE AGREES WITH DRAWINGS AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF SHIP. CONSIDER THIS TO BE ARDGARRY. (G POUND, TELECON). NCA. HH100/351/22 27.4.06 HH100/351/22 27.4.06 DIVED & IDENTIFIED AS ARDGARRY FROM MAKERS PLATE SHOWING 'JAMES LAMBERT & CO, SHIPBUILDERS, GREENOCK & PORT GLASGOW, SHIP ENGINEERS, SHIP OR BUILD NO.388 - 1957.' CARGO OF COAL. RAILINGS IN GOOD CONDITION. (G POUND, TELECON 27.4.06) NCA. 5.6.06 5.6.06 TELEGRAPH RECOVERED, MARKED 'ARDGARRY'. (G POUND, TELECON). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: HIGHLY DEGRADED, BROKEN WK, BOWS W, ?HOLDS BROKEN TO STBD
Position: 49 53.945 N,5 13.506 W