This is the information page about the shipwreck Coastal empress, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 61 2.963 N,0 40.125 W (60.896616666667, -0.61735)
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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: COASTAL EMPRESS
Length 35.1 meter, width: 7.6 meter, draught: 2.4, tonnage 250 ton
Cause: sank 13.5miles n of muckle flugga following collision with faroese mfv nordingur. crew recovered.
Year of registration: 1977
Water depth above wreck: 112 meter
Known since: 1977, last detected: 1978
Details measurements/cartography: H4473/70 11.7.77 H4473/70 11.7.77 REPD TO HAVE SUNK IN PA 610300N, 004000W. (CG LERWICK,TLX DTD 16.5.77). INS AS USCPA 60FMS. BR STD. 20.11.78 20.11.78 AMEND TO USCPA 110MTRS. NC 1233.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 61 2.963 N,0 40.125 W