This is the information page about the shipwreck Comet (bow section), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 7.87 N,5 36.89 W (56.409566666667, -5.4877833333333)

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.

Name: COMET (Bow Section)

Length 13.4 meter, width: 3.4 meter, draught: 1.8, tonnage 25 ton

Cause: built in 1812 by john wood, port glasgow. the invention of henry bell. single cylinder upright engine of 6nhp. lengthened by 20ft in 1819. was wrecked in dorus mor channel when her engines could not cope with tidal race. vessel broke in two at the point of lengthening. fwd portion was swept away, the after portion remained fast.

Year of registration: 1820

Water depth above wreck: 7 meter

Known since: 1820, last detected: 2023

Details measurements/cartography: 4.8.21 WK FOUND BY DIVER IN 5607.870N, 0536.890W [WGD]. THE HULL BOW SECTION, ALMOST ALL THE ORIGINAL 1812 VESSEL AND MACHINERY. (ANTONY DALTON, DTD 2020). INS DW. RSDRA2023000189346 20.7.23 "HMS COMET" LOCATED IN 5607.870N, 0536.890W [WGD] HAS BEEN AWARDED ANCIENT MONUMENTS AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL AREAS ACT 1979 (SCHEDULE OF MONUMENTS) STATUS. [HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT SCOTLAND - E-MAIL DTD 11/7/2023]. THE SCHEDULING TOOK EFFECT ON 5/7/2023 - REF NUMBER 300065621 -REST'D AREA RADIUS 30MTRS. ADD "HISTORIC" TO WRECK.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Rest'D area radius 30m. UK NM 3444/23

Position: 56 7.87 N,5 36.89 W

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