This is the information page about the shipwreck Atland, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 28.777 N,1 38.244 W (57.4531, -1.7967)
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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: ATLAND
Length 118.6 meter, width: 15.8 meter, draught: 7.9, tonnage 5203 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore
Cause: built in 1910 by w doxford & sons ltd. owned at time of loss by anfiktieb tirfing. four boilers, triple expansion engine of 320nhp, signle shaft. passage pepel for london. sank following collision with ss carso off peterhead. 19 lives lost. (dods & sibi).
Year of registration: 1943
Water depth above wreck: 64 meter, Height above seabed: 60 cm
Known since: 1943, last detected: 2009
Details measurements/cartography: SANK OFF PETERHEAD. POSN 573000N, 014000W FOR FILING ONLY. NCA. HH091/155/01 19.1.10 SEP 2010/000027978 EXAM'D 16.6.09 IN 5728.777N, 0138.244W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 53.99 IN GEN DEPTH 64.1MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTR DEEP EXTENDS 14MTRS TOWARDS 180 DEGS. LENGTH 119MTRS, WIDTH 24MTRS, HT 10.2MTRS. LIES 060/240 DEGS. LIES 060/240 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. LARGELY INTACT. (GARDLINE HYDRO, HI 1155). UPRIGHT, PROBABLY BOWS SW. INS AS WK 53MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: LARGELY INTACT
Position: 57 28.777 N,1 38.244 W