This is the information page about the shipwreck Arnewood, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 0.556 N,5 54.929 W (57.017033333333, -6.0438)

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.

Name: ARNEWOOD

Length 87.5 meter, width: 12.5 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 2259 ton
Load: coal

Cause: mined while on passage from barry. (ll ww1).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 87 meter, Height above seabed: 233 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: 1917 SANK 4 MILES ESE FROM SLEAT PT, SKYE. (VA STORNOWAY). SINKING POSN 570100N, 055400W, APPROX. H2480/19 22.3.19 INS OBS WK SYMBOL (1917) (PA) IN 570100N, 055400W. BR STD. H1140/29 15.2.29 AMEND TO NDW PA (1917). BR STD. H1768/67 20.6.67 AMEND TO NDW PA IN 570045N, 055430W [OGB]. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 2721. 14.4.72 AMEND TO WK USC PA 11FMS. LC 2721. (TONNAGE KNOWN). 16.9.75 AMEND TO WK USC PA 20MTRS. NC 2208. (TONNAGE KNOWN). HH090/523/01 9.3.92 NOT FOUND DURING BASIC SOUNDING. NOT SEARCHED FOR - TOO DEEP FOR DCS3 OPERATIONS FROM BOAT. (HMS ROEBUCK, HI 523). AMEND TO WK USCPA 120MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2020/000229367 14.8.19 EXAM’D 14.8.19 IN 5700.556N, 0554.929W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 73.6MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 87MTRS. LENGTH 90.5MTRS, WIDTH 13.8MTRS, HT 13.9MTRS. ORIENTATION 233/053DEGS. UPRIGHT AND INTACT, LISTING SLIGHTLY TO PORT. (MERITAITO, HI 1568). AMEND NDW 73MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UK NM 135/21

Position: 57 0.556 N,5 54.929 W

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