This is the information page about the shipwreck Craigantlet, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 51.633 N,5 8.838 W (54.638416666667, -4.9028)
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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: CRAIGANTLET
Length 78 meter, width: 13.4 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 816 ton
Load: containers
Cause: en route belfast for garston. ran aground. at least one container carried on deck contained toxic waste.
Year of registration: 1982
Water depth above wreck: 3 meter
Known since: 1982, last detected: 2017
Details measurements/cartography: H4458/80 19.3.82 ASHORE WITHIN 50MTRS OF KILLANTRINGAN LT. VESSELS BACK BROKEN. (MRSC BELFAST, 26.2.82). INS AS ST IN 545136N, 050842W. BR STD. 27.2.82 BELIEVED VESSEL WILL SINK IF REFLOATED. (LL 27.2.82). H4458/80 19.3.82 STRANDED IN 545136N, 050842W. NO DANGER TO NAVIGATION AT PRESENT, BUT COULD BREAK UP IN A GALE. (G W MACKINTOSH, RECEIVER OF WK, STRARAER, 1.3.82). H4458/80 23.8.84 DESCRIBED AS CONSPIC. (EAST END ENDEAVOUR, HN 20.8.84). NCA. SEP 2017/000034083 07.07.17 EXAM'D 10.02.17; IN 5451.633N, 0508.838W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH -0.01MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 3MTRS, WHOLE WRECK SITE LENGTH 60.4MTRS, WIDTH 27MTRS, HEIGHT 2.48MTRS. WRECK IS WELL BROKEN UP. NFS (MMT, HI 1508). AMEND SW -0.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: NFS
Position: 54 51.633 N,5 8.838 W