This is the information page about the shipwreck Compass rose 3, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 9.982 N,1 6.11 W (58.1247, -0.90185)

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: COMPASS ROSE 3

Length 41.8 meter, width: 7.3 meter, draught: 2.1, tonnage 329 ton

Cause: disappeared while on passage from beryl oilfield to fraserburgh in gale force winds. thought to have sunk 7 or 8 april 1975. owned at time of loss by c.r.lines s.a of panama. wooden-hulled vessel, twin screw. built 1944.

Year of registration: 1975

Water depth above wreck: 100 meter

Known since: 1975, last detected: 1975

Details measurements/cartography: 17.4.75 NOT LOCATED DURING AIR SEARCH LAUNCHED ON 16 APRIL WHEN OUT OF RADIO CONTACT FOR MORE THAN ONE WEEK. BODY OF ONE CREW MEMBER RECOVERED 20 MILES NE OF FRASERBURGH. (LL 220). 18.4.75 SEARCH ABANDONED. (LL 220). 5.5.75 FISHERMEN BELIEVE THEY HAVE LOCATED WRECK ABOUT 40M NE OF FRASERBURGH. WRECKAGE FOUND BORE SIMILAR COLOUR PAINT TO THAT ON COMPASS ROSE 3. (LL 220). PLOTS IN 581000N, 010600W. NCA YET. 6.5.75 LARGE CONTACT OBTAINED IN 575912N, 014430W, WHICH MAY BE THIS WK. (DECCA SURVEY LTD, TELECON 1.5.75). SEE 004001631 - THIS CONTACT COULD BE NSC REPD BY HMS PALLISER IN 1963.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 58 9.982 N,1 6.11 W

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