This is the information page about the shipwreck Argonaut (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 60 22.847 N,1 38.103 W (60.183633333333, -1.68965)
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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: ARGONAUT (POSSIBLY)
Length 15.2 meter
Cause: wooden hull. sank following collision. no lives lost. (ll).
Year of registration: 1991
Water depth above wreck: 87 meter, Height above seabed: 20 cm
Known since: 1991, last detected: 2009
Details measurements/cartography: HH270/350/01 13.5.91 HH270/350/01 13.5.91 VESSEL SANK IN 602300N, 013500W APPROX. (SHETLAND MRSC, SIGNAL DTD 28.4.91). SANK IN 602300N, 013600W APPROX. (LL VOL.284). CHART AS WK USC PA 135MTRS IN MEAN POSN: 602300N, 013530W [OGB]. NE 3281. 16.1.04 16.1.04 [EUT] POSN: 6022.966N, 0135.614W. NE 3281. HH091/274/01 25.6.09 HH091/274/01 25.6.09 LOCATED IN 6022.8784N, 0138.1025W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 81.07 IN GEN DEPTH 87.9MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 12.5MTRS, WIDTH 7.5MTRS, HT 6.9MTRS. LIES 020/200 DEGS. NO MAGNETIC ANOMALY. THE ONLY CONTACT IN THE AREA AND THUS PRESUMED TO BE ARGONAUT. (NETSURVEY, HI 1247). POSSIBLE WK. AMEND OBSTN 81MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: SINGLE CONTACT, POSSIBLY THIS WK
Position: 60 22.847 N,1 38.103 W