This is the information page about the shipwreck Boston stirling, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 0.006 N,5 24.323 W (57.867433333333, -5.6859)

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: BOSTON STIRLING

Length 39.3 meter, width: 9.4 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 387 ton

Cause: ran aground when skipper, alone on bridge, fell asleep. engine room flooded, later caught fire and capsized. passage ullapool for fishing grounds. crew of 9 recovered. (ll).

Year of registration: 1985

Water depth above wreck: 7 meter, Height above seabed: 127 cm

Known since: 1985, last detected: 20200315

Details measurements/cartography: H4458/80 29.11.85 AGROUND IN 580000N, 052430W. (LL, 2.11.85). SOLD AS TOTAL LOSS. NO DANGER TO NAVIGATION. (LL 4.11.85). INS AS STPA. BR STD. H4458/80 13.2.86 VESSEL BEING BROKEN UP IN SITU. (LL, 18.1.86). NCA YET. HH272/350/02 18.9.91 WK OF TRAWLER SIGHTED 1.8.91 IN 580002N, 052415W, APPROX [POSN TAKEN FROM TRACING OF CHART]. LIES AT RIGHT ANGLES TO SHORELINE WITH BOW ABOUT 10MTRS OFF. HAS LIST TO STBD WITH PORT GUARDRAIL JUST BELOW SURFACE AT LW SPRINGS. (MOCHRAS II, HN 26.8.91). 6.11.97 BOWS AND SUPERSTRUCTURE BREAK SURFACE AT ALL STATES OF THE TIDE. LIES IN 11-18MTRS OF WATER ON PORT SIDE. (DIVER MAGAZINE, NOV 1997). AMEND POSN TO 580002N, 052415W [OGB]. BR STD. [WGD] POSN: 5800.012N, 0524.323W. SEP 2020/000240667 13.10.20 EXAM'D 26.3.20; WRECK LOCATED IN 5800.007N, 0524.325W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DRYING DEPTH -0.67MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 7.9MTRS. LENGTH 39.7MTRS, WIDTH 12.9MTRS, HT 8.6MTRS, ORIENTATION 127/307 DEGS. WK LYING ON STARBOARD SIDE. WELL INTACT, SUPERSTRUCTURE CLEARLY VISABLE INCLUDING WINCH TO STERN. (MERITAITO AND XOCEAN, HI 1588). AMEND ST WK IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2020/000314317 29.12.20 15.3.20 WRECK EXAM'D IN 5800.006N, 0524.323W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DRYING DEPTH -0.83 MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 7.9 MTRS. LENGTH 39.7 MTRS, WIDTH 12.9 MTRS, HT 8.6 MTRS, ORIENTATION 127/307 DEGS. (MERITAITO AND XOCEAN, HI 1588). AMEND ST WK -0.9 MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT

Position: 58 0.006 N,5 24.323 W

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