This is the information page about the shipwreck Bellavista, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 59 22.538 N,2 51.999 W (59.49085, -2.5596166666667)

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: BELLAVISTA

Length 160 meter, width: 15.2 meter, draught: 7.2, tonnage 3527 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: vessel, built 1917 by campbeltown shipbuilding co., campbeltown. owned at time of loss by cia. de nav. irini s.a. 3 cylinder triple expansion engine. on passage from narvik for ardrossan. ran aground in dense fog at fowl craig, papa westray. (sibi & shipwrecks of orkney, shetland & pentland firth). built as lady charlotte, but changed hands several times, becoming south lea, ioannis carras, spyridon, spyridon ii, and bellavista. (shipwrecks of n scotland, r.n. baird)

Year of registration: 1986

Water depth above wreck: 5 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1986, last detected: 1992

Details measurements/cartography: H1310/86/4 17.2.86 LOCATED IN 592234N, 025154W. LYING IN WESTERLY DIRECTION OVER A LEDGE. STERN IN ABOUT 15MTRS AND BOW IN ABOUT 5MTRS. VERY BROKEN UP. (ANDREW JENNIONS 27.1.86). NCA. 11.12.96 CHART AS FOUL. BR STD. 26.2.05 EUT POSN: 5922.538N, 0251.999W. NC 2562. 2.4.05 WRECKAGE SCATTERED OVER A WIDE AREA, BOTH CAST PROPELLERS IN PLACE. (DIVE SCOTLAND VOL.III, 1992 EDN)
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 59 22.538 N,2 51.999 W

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