This is the information page about the shipwreck Auriga, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 2.594 N,0 15.368 W (55.0432333, -0.2561333)

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: AURIGA

Length 26.6 meter, width: 7.5 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 243 ton

Cause: Ex-sunbeam. built in 1986 by campbeltown shipyard. owned at time of loss by l d h ltd, lerwick. oil engine of 604kw, single shaft. took water in good weather conditions and sank. crew of 6 recovered.

Year of registration: 02

Water depth above wreck: 84 meter, Height above seabed: 130 cm

Known since: 2002, last detected: 2008

Details measurements/cartography: HH242/630/06 4.11.02 HH242/630/06 4.11.02 SANK IN 5502.65N, 0015.22W [WGD]. (MRSC HUMBER, FAX DTD 31.10.02). INS AS WK 55MTRS.

- NM 263/03. HH109/153/01 2.2.08 HH109/153/01 & SEP 2009/000012673 2.2.08 EXAM'D 20.5.08 IN 5502.594N, 0015.368W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 75.4 IN GEN DEPTH 84.4MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 26MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS, HT 9.0MTRS. LIES 130/310 DEGS WITH BOWS NW. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY, HI 1153). AMEND WK 75MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, BOWS NW

Position: 55 2.594 N,0 15.368 W

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