This is the information page about the shipwreck Budrie, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 55.615 N,3 18.693 W (58.844716666667, -3.1926833333333)
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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: BUDRIE
Length 86.9 meter, tonnage 2252 ton
Cause: sunk as blockship.
Year of registration: 1915
Water depth above wreck: 8 meter, Height above seabed: 110 cm
Known since: 1915, last detected: 2019
Details measurements/cartography: H3875/26 H3875/26 SHOWN IN 585539N, 031836W WITH FUNNEL AND MASTS VISIBLE. LENGTH 285FT, LYING 120/300DEGS. BOWS NW. WAS CONCRETE BALLASTED. (SURVEY [C 8009/1]). SHOWN WITH OTHER BLOCK SHIPS ON CHART 2568. SHOWN WITH STERN DRYING AND AFTER MAST STILL STANDING. (HMS SCOTT, SURVEY E5560/1, MAY 1939). 15.1.40 15.1.40 STERN DRYING 10FT, MAINMAST 93FT HIGH. (HMS FRANKLIN, SURVEY E5835/1). 6.75 NOT SEEN ON OS LOAN AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY DTD 6.75. PROBABLY AMONG THOSE WKS DISPERSED IN 1962. H3579/88 22.7.88 H3579/88 22.7.88 INS AS DWP, LEAST DEPTH 2.4MTRS. LENGTH 85MTRS, LYING 120/300 DEGS, CENTRED ON 585538.5N, 031835.5W. 2568. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). 5.11.10 5.11.10 EXAM'D IN 5855.615N, 0318.694W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 3.50MTRS. LENGTH 12MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS, HT 3.5MTRS. (FATHOMS LTD, SCAPA FLOW SURVEY, POST SDC REPROCESSING). NO SCOUR. PROBABLE WK REMAINS. AMEND WK 3.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2022/000015366 20.4.22 EXAM'D BY BDC WRECK LOCATED IN 5855.614N, 0318.693W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 3.72MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 7.5MTRS. LENGTH 65MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS, HT 3.8MTRS, ORIENTATION 290DEGS.(ORKNEY ISLANDS COUNCIL SURVEY,12.10.2019, H525). NFA.RETAIN DW DEPTH 3.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: PROBABLE WRECK REMAINS
Position: 58 55.615 N,3 18.693 W