This is the information page about the shipwreck Dalewood (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 39.56 N,3 26.284 W (58.844716666667, -3.1926833333333)
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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: DALEWOOD (POSSIBLY)
Length 35.1 meter, width: 7.6 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 234 ton
Cause: ran aground on dunnet head, caithness, while heading through pentland firth, outward bound for fishing grounds. crew of 11 safe. (ll).
Year of registration: 1972
Water depth above wreck: 49 meter, Height above seabed: 155 cm
Known since: 1972, last detected: 2010
Details measurements/cartography: 5.3.74 BELOW DUNNET HEAD LTHO, CAITHNESS. (LL 215). NCA. H4811/75 17.5.77 NOT FOUND. NO SIGN OF WRECKAGE. BELIEVED SUNK IN DEEP WATER. NO SIDESCAN TRACE AVAILABLE. (HMS HERALD, HI 13B/76). AMEND DEAD. NCA. SEP 2010/000162731 4.10.10 WK LOCATED IN 5839.560N, 0326.284W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 45.58MTRS. LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS, HT 4MTRS. HEADING 155 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. PROBABY A MODERN WK WITH WOODEN HULL. COARSE SEABED. LIES IN SHALLOW HOLLOW, NO DEBRIS. (MARIN MATTEKNIK, REPORT DTD 28.9.10). POSSIBLY 'DALEWOOD'. INS AS WK 45MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, IN MINOR SCOUR
Position: 58 39.56 N,3 26.284 W