This is the information page about the shipwreck Captain, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 2.767 N,2 7.027 W (56.283333333333, -14.2)
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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: CAPTAIN
Length 30.6 meter, width: 6.1 meter, draught: 3.2, tonnage 134 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: steel steam trawler built 1898 by hall, russell & co., aberdeen with 2 cylinder compound engine of 50hp, single shaft, 1 boiler. owned at time of loss by t. l. devlin, granton. foundered 9m ne of st abb's head. (sibi, off scotland)
Year of registration: 2003
Water depth above wreck: 63 meter, Height above seabed: 145 cm
Known since: 2003, last detected: 2007
Details measurements/cartography: HH091/051/01 19.1.04 HH091/051/01 19.1.04 EXAM'D 7.11.03 IN 5602.767N, 0207.027W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 62.6 IN GEN DEPTH 65MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 5MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.5MTRS. LIES 145/325 DEGS. INTACT. (NP 1008, HI 1051). SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. ?ON ITS SIDE. INS WK 62MTRS. BR STD. HH242/640/06 29.1.04 HH242/640/06 29.1.04 PNM 1307/04 ISSUED FOR BA 175, 1407. 22.10.07 22.10.07 DIVED ON 21.10.07 IN CHARTED POSN. IDENTIFIED AS STEAM TRAWLER CAPTAIN BY BELL. UPRIGHT AND INTACT WITH LIST TO STARBOARD. (K HEATH, TELECON 22.10.07) NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT SLIGHT LIST TO STARBOARD
Position: 56 2.767 N,2 7.027 W