This is the information page about the shipwreck Argo (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 13.165 N,4 17.802 W (54.100166666667, -4.5481166666667)

 

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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. Afton
2. Albatross
3. Angle
4. Argo (possibly)
5. Ballina
6. Briar
7. Cardea
8. Cevic
9. Crown
10. Dawn waters
11. Elizabeth hyam
12. Fire king ii
13. G a savage (probably)
14. Glendun
15. Hibernian
16. Joseph hodgkins (probably)
17. Lady louisa
18. Lembas (probably)
19. Liverpool
20. Lucy
21. Malaguena
22. Mary heeley
23. Merisia
24. Neils john
25. Octavia
26. Passages
27. Peveril
28. Playmate (possibly)
29. Polarlight
30. Pt1 or pt2
31. Queen of the isles (probably)
32. Rian
33. Robert dee
34. Sustain
35. Sy sol
36. Teasel
37. Tetsuko
38. The quiet man
39. Viking
40. William hanbury

 

Name: ARGO (POSSIBLY)

Year of registration: 1977

Water depth above wreck: 27 meter

Known since: 1977, last detected: 1997

Details measurements/cartography: 22.1.77 SANK IN LAXEY BAY. (LL 21.1.77). NCA. H4083/72 27.1.77 SANK IN 541200N, 041730W APPROX. NO DANGER TO NAVIGATION. (RAMSAY CG). INS AS NDWPA. BR STD. HH100/351/01 30.6.89 SEARCHED FOR BUT NOT FOUND. LOCAL TRAWLERMEN STATE THAT THERE IS VIRTUALLY NOTHING LEFT OF THIS WK. (A CORKILL, 31.5.89). NCA. HH090/728/01 24.9.97 EXAM'D 11.7.97 IN 541309.9N, 041748.1W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 26.4 IN GEN DEPTH 27.4MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 0.9MTR. DIFFUSE DCS3 SHADOW, POSSIBLE NETS ATTACHED. (NP 1008, HI 728). INS AS WK 26MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/13 6.11.97 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. PROVED TO BE VERY DIFFICULT TO LOCATE. FOUND TO BE A SINGLE STEEL PLATE ABOUT 12 FEET BY 6 FEET, FOLDED OVER WITH RIVET HOLES AROUND THE EDGE. STANDS ABOUT 0.75MTRS HIGH FROM THE SEABED. NO NETS ATTACHED. DOUBT IF IT IS PART OF THE ARGO, ASSUME THAT IT IS AN ISOLATED OBSTRUCTION UNCONNECTED WITH ANY DEFINITE WK. (A CORKILL, FAX DTD 5.11.97). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: SINGLE FOLDED PLATE WITH RIVET HOLES

Position: 54 13.165 N,4 17.802 W

 

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