This is the information page about the shipwreck Calf sound, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 44.705 N,2 29.454 W (58.43595, -2.5026666666667)

 

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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.

 

1. Bothal
2. Calf sound
3. Cemfjord
4. Charisma
5. Cotovia (probably)
6. Daghestan (probably)
7. Elegance
8. England ?
9. Express (main section)
10. Express (portion of)
11. Faro
12. Fredensborg
13. Giralda (possibly)
14. Hastings county
15. Hms duke of albany
16. Hms nessus
17. Hms sword dance
18. Hms zarefah
19. Hoshanger
20. Loch maddy (bow section) (probably)
21. Malta ii (probably)
22. Navena
23. Remus
24. Svinta
25. Swiftsure
26. Tamara xii (probably)
27. Tennessee
28. U 53
29. Vestfoss
30. Vestvoss (possibly)
31. Viking (probably)

 

Name: CALF SOUND

Length 43.9 meter, width: 7.9 meter, draught: 2.7, tonnage 392 ton
Load: cement,gas,oil

Cause: ex-laten '86, ex-blatence '85. built in 1969 by j r & co ltd, hull. glasgow. owned at time of loss by dennison shipping ltd. 8 cylinder, 4 stroke, oil engine of 320hp, single shaft. machinery by bergius kelvin co ltd. passage berwick-upon-tweed to kirkwall. cargo shifted, was abandoned, capsized and sank. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1989

Water depth above wreck: 72 meter, Height above seabed: 151 cm

Known since: 1989, last detected: 2007

Details measurements/cartography: HH268/351/01 11.10.89 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 584430N, 022932W IN GEN DEPTH 70MTRS. SEABED SAND. (I WATERS, DENNISON SHIPPING LTD HN & PENTLAND CG TELEX). INS AS WK USC 62MTRS.

- NM 3209/89. HH091/218/01 - SEP 2007/000086983 21.11.07 EXAM'D 20.5.07 IN 5844.7046N, 0229.4535W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 63.1 IN GEN DEPTH 72.1MTRS. NO SCOUR AT WK. LENGTH 43.8MTRS, WIDTH 8.6MTRS, HT 8.6MTRS. LIES 151/331 DEGS WITH BOWS SSE. INTACT, UPRIGHT. 'DRAG LINE' SOME 250MTRS LONG BY 0.4MTR DEEP LEADS SE FROM THE WK. (NETSURVEY, HI 1218). AMEND WK 63MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 5820/07.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, BOWS SSE

Position: 58 44.705 N,2 29.454 W

 

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