This is the information page about the shipwreck Buka, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 28.782 N,1 30.392 W (55.258666666667, -1.45795)

 

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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.

 

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4. Alert (possibly)
5. Annie walker (probably)
6. Arbutus
7. Athelduke
8. Auckland castle
9. Aulton (possibly)
10. Baltanglia
11. Bangarth
12. Buka
13. Bullger
14. Chris christenson
15. Coquet mouth
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18. Don (possibly)
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33. Hazard (probably)
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42. Hooghammen
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62. Regian
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68. Sphynx
69. St andre
70. St fergus
71. Svava
72. Tadorne
73. The tetrarch (probably)
74. Thistle
75. Thomas jackson (possibly)
76. Tioga
77. U 1274
78. Ub 115 (possibly)
79. Upcerne

 

Name: BUKA

Length 35.1 meter, width: 8.5 meter, draught: 2.4, tonnage 198 ton
Load: stone

Cause: ex- tika ('63), ex- henja ('62), ex- eben haezer ('58), built in 1931 by noord nederlands, groningen, with 4 cylinder oil engine, single shaft. one deck and an aft superstructure. owned at time of loss by h buitenwerf. passage st davids, fife, for london. sprang a leak and sank within 30 seconds. crew of four recovered.

Year of registration: 1970

Water depth above wreck: 36 meter, Height above seabed: 163 cm

Known since: 1970, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: H289/59 21.4.70 H289/59 21.4.70 SANK VERY QUICKLY 4M E OF DUNSTANBURGH CASTLE IN APPROX 552930N, 012930W [OGB]. (RECEIVER OF WK, BERWICK-ON-TWEED, 8.4.70). INS AS NDW PA. BR STD. 14.3.74 14.3.74 AMEND TO WK USC PA 20MTRS. NC 156. H1270/85 13.10.86 H1270/85 13.10.86 AMEND TO WK USC PA 30MTRS. (RECALCULATION). NE 1192. HH100/351/01 27.10.89 HH100/351/01 27.10.89 WK OF BUKA DIVED OCT '89 IN 552848N, 013042W. SMALL 2-HATCH COASTER. INTACT AND UPRIGHT WITH DAMAGE TO BOWS RESEMBLING COLLISION DAMAGE. LIES WITH BOW NE. HAS SINGLE SHORT MAST, OPEN BRIDGE AND VERY SMALL FO'C'SLE. NO TRACE OF CARGO. (D COX, TELECON). AMEND TO WK USC 25MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/07 5.11.93 HH100/351/07 5.11.93 WK LOCATED IN 552846N, 013023.5W [WGD] USING GPS. LIES UPRIGHT IN GEN DEPTH 43MTRS. LENGTH ABOUT 100FT, WIDTH 30FT. WHEELHOUSE HAS COLLAPSED BUT REMAINDER OF VESSEL IS INTACT AND STANDS ABOUT 7MTRS HIGH. EVIDENCE OF A COLLISION ON STBD SIDE NEAR BOW. (G BRULE, OCT '93). AMEND TO WK 35MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH090/843/01 24.12.99 HH090/843/01 24.12.99 EXAM'D 5.7.99 IN 5528.782N, 0130.392W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 30.4, FOUL 30.9MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 31.1 IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 42MTRS, WIDTH 19MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.2MTRS. LIES 163/343DEGS. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SEABED ROCK. BADLY BROKEN UP. (GARDLINE, HI 843). AMEND TO WK SW 30MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/20 17.9.03 HH100/351/20 17.9.03 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. BADLY BROKEN UP. STERN HAS NOW LISTED 45 DEGS TO STBD AND IS SOME 4.5MTRS ABOVE SEABED. BRIDGE IS NOW COLLAPSING. HULL AROUND THE HOLD HAS COLLAPSED OUTWARDS ON BOTH SIDES AND IS ABOUT 1MTR HIGH. BOWS UPRIGHT AND INTACT, ABOUT 5MTRS HIGH. SEABED ROCK. (D PATTERSON). NCA. 15.11.05 15.11.05 HAS BEEN CONFIRMED AS BUKA BY THE RECOVERY OF A BELL A FEW YEARS AGO. (R YOUNG). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, WELL BROKEN UP

Position: 55 28.782 N,1 30.392 W

 

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