Wreck: Argyll (Blockship)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Argyll, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 52.858 N,2 54.14 W (58.880967, -2.902333)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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.

 

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Shipwreck details

Name: ARGYLL

Year of registration: 1914

Water depth above wreck: 5 meter

Known since: 1914, last detected: 1992

Details measurements/cartography: H3875/26 9.7.26 POSN 585254N, 025408W. (BARGE AC6 IN SAME POSN). INS AS DWP. BR STD. H7308/56 13.5.59 INS CAUTION NOTE ON 35.

- NM 1924/58. H2496/72 14.3.72 POSN 585254N, 025404W, OR 226DEG, 2650FT FROM LAMB HOLM TRIG STN (61). SMALL WK, PARTLY COVERED WITH SAND AND WEED. LARGE PIECE OF HULL PROTRUDES ABOVE SEA SURFACE, BUT GREATER PART BROKEN UP. NO SIGN OF BOILERS & ENGINES. (UNDERMARINE OPERATIONS 5.3.72). AMEND DWP. BR STD. H1270/76 2.3.76 TWO SMALL PIECES OF WRECKAGE ABOVE LEVEL OF MLW CENTRED ON 585253N, 025402.6W. (ORDNANCE SURVEY AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY 73/137 DTD 16.5.73 FOR PHOTOPLOT PG 1428-LP1). 3.7.80 NOT SHOWN ON NC 35 (AREA BLUED OUT). 11.12.81 COVERED BY LEGEND 'WKS' ON NC 2250. 27.8.92 LIES DISPERSED AMONG REMAINS OF SEVERAL OTHER BLOCKSHIPS. (DIVE SCAPA FLOW). SEP 2022/000015366 8.4.22 EXAM'D BY BDC IN 2022. NOT LOCATED IN M/B DATASET 2019. (ORKNEY ISLANDS COUNCIL SURVEY,12.10.2019,H525). NFA
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 58 52.858 N,2 54.14 W

 

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