This is the information page about the shipwreck Blue crusader, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 59 3.206 N,2 3.619 W (58.931, -1.9510833333333)

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: BLUE CRUSADER

Length 40.5 meter

Cause: built 1958 by john lewis & sons. owned at time of loss by crusader fishing co. ltd., aberdeen. lost in 70mph gale off the orkney islands. air sea search failed to locate vessel. all 13 crew lost. (k heath).

Year of registration: 2006

Water depth above wreck: 70 meter, Height above seabed: 71 cm

Known since: 2006, last detected: 2010

Details measurements/cartography: HH091/137/01 11.12.06 EXAMINED 23.6.06 IN 5903.2061N, 0203.6191W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 58.03 IN GEN DEPTH 64.7MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 40.8MTRS, WIDTH 8.8MTRS, HT 6.7MTRS. LIES 071/251DEGS WITH BOWS ENE. INTACT, UPRIGHT WITH SLIGHT LIST TO STBD. INTACT APART FOR BREAKAGE ON STBD SIDE WHERE THERE IS SEABED INTRUSION. (NETSURVEY LTD, HI 1137). INS AS WK 58MTRS. BR STD. HH901/137/01 22.12.06 LEAST M/B DEPTH 63.2 IN GEN DEPTH 70.1MTRS. SCOUR 0.9MTR DEEP. (NETSURVEY LTD, HI 1137, REVISED H525). NCA. 12.1.07 LEAST DEPTH CONFIRMED AS 63.2MTRS. (NETSURVEY LTD, HI 1137, CONFIRMATION OF LEAST DEPTH). ORIGINAL SURVEY DATA NOT CORRECTED FOR DRAFT. AMEND WK 63MTRS. BR STD. 20.7.10 RESEARCH AND OVERLAYING PLANS OF TRAWLER BLUE CRUSADER ONTO MULTI-BEAM IMAGES SHOW THAT THIS WRECK IS PROBABLY BLUE CRUSADER. IMAGES & PHOTO OF VESSEL SUPPLIED. CINC REQUESTED. (K HEATH, E-MAILS 19.7.10) IDENTITY ADDED. NCA. 4.8.10 DIVED AND CONFIRMED TO BE BLUE CRUSADER, BLUE PAINT STILL VISIBLE UNDER MARINE GROWTH & SOME NETTING. WRECK HAS BEEN BADLY DAMAGED PROBABLY BY TRAWLING AS FRONT & ROOF OF WHEELHOUSE HAVE DISAPPEARED. LYING ON STARBOARD SIDE WITH HOLES IN BOTH PORT AND STARBOARD SIDES OF HULL. TO REMAIN CINC AT PRESENT. (K HEATH, TELECON 4.8.10). 29.2.12 CINC DELETED. (K HEATH, TELECON).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, SLIGHT LIST TO STBD

Position: 59 3.206 N,2 3.619 W

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