This is the information page about the shipwreck Cyclops, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 3.472 N,2 32.159 W (56.061683333333, -2.4954166666667)

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: CYCLOPS

Length 54.9 meter, width: 7.6 meter, draught: 2.1

Cause: sank in heavy weather while on passage queensferry for sunderland to be broken up.

Year of registration: 1924

Water depth above wreck: 35 meter, Height above seabed: 15 cm

Known since: 1924, last detected: 20200711

Details measurements/cartography: H1510/24 27.2.24 SANK 560415N, 023330W - ABOUT 096 DEG, 2.8M FM BASS RK LT. (LL 25.2.26). INS AS NDWPD (1924). BR STD. H454/67 24.5.77 AMEND TO USCPA 30MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/06 7.4.93 DREDGER 'CYCLOPS' DIVED IN AUGUST 1989 IN 560324.5N, 023216W [WGD] USING GPS. LIES ON ITS SIDE AND SUNK INTO SILT SEABED. STANDS 3MTRS HIGH. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. BUCKET ELEVATOR SEEN. (G WADSWORTH, 1.3.93). AMEND TO USC 30MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH090/605/01 25.1.94 EXAM'D 20.8.93 IN 560328.1N, 023204.2W [OGB] USING MICROFIX [3 LOPS]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 32.4, FOUL AT 32.9MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 32.3 IN GEN DEPTH 35.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 36.6MTRS. DCS3 HT 2.8MTRS, LENGTH 45MTRS, BREADTH 10MTRS. PARTIALLY BROKEN WK LYING 000/180DEG. (OCEONICS (UK) LTD., HI 605). SONAR TRACE CONFIRMS THAT THIS WK OF A BUCKET DREDGER. BR STD. SEP 2021/000134234 17.6.21 EXAM'D 11.7.20; IN 5603.472N, 0232.158W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 32.46MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 35MTRS, LENGTH 40.5MTRS, WIDTH 13MTRS, HT 3MTRS, ORIENTATION 015/195 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 65MMTRS, WIDTH 26MTRS, 0.5MTRS DEEP TOWARDS 015DEGS. WK INTACT ON THE SIDE, SUNKEN INTO SEABED.(CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI1682 - H525-3130). AMEND TO NDW 32MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, ON ITS SIDE, SUNK INTO SEABED

Position: 56 3.472 N,2 32.159 W

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