This is the information page about the shipwreck Destro (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 32.772 N,4 55.041 W (54.638416666667, -4.9028)

 

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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.

 

1. Alzira
2. Audentia
3. Ben-may
4. Blue star
5. Cragsman
6. Daily mail
7. Destro (possibly)
8. Doris
9. Ellen sheant
10. Enda
11. Fair morn
12. Florrieston (probably)
13. Garnet
14. Great ouse
15. Kafue
16. Kathleen
17. Kerrera (possibly)
18. M3
19. Oona hall
20. Oswald
21. Our brighter dawn
22. Pollux 2
23. Rexmoor
24. Romeo
25. Romeo (possibly)
26. Scallywag
27. Socrates
28. Three sisters
29. Ulabrand (possibly)
30. Winsome
31. Zafiris

 

Name: DESTRO (POSSIBLY)

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 86 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2004

Details measurements/cartography: 4.4.18 4.4.18 16M S 70DEG E FROM SKULMARTIN LT V (APPROX). (BOT). 1918 POSN 543400N, 044500W. (FIRST MATE & LL WW1SL). 26.3.18 26.3.18 POSN 543400N, 045500W. SANK AT ONCE. (IDSA MASTER). 6.4.18 6.4.18 ABOUT 8M SSW OF MULL OF GALLOWAY. (BOT). H3671/72 21.2.73 H3671/72 21.2.73 LOCATED IN 543245N, 045500W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 79MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 88MTRS. SEABED SAND. LIES N/S. ABOUT 150FT LONG. (HMS FAWN). BR STD. HH091/053/01 30.6.04 HH091/053/01 30.6.04 EXAM'D 17.2.04 IN 5432.772N, 0455.041W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 80.3 IN GEN DEPTH 86MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 45MTRS, WIDTH 7MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.4MTRS. LIES 000/180 DEGS. NO MAGNETIC ANOMALY. NO DEBRIS FIELD. SEABED MEDIUM AND COARSE SAND. SMALL, INTACT WK. UPRIGHT AND PROUD OF THE SEABED. CONTAINS SOME VISIBLE UPPERDECK FEATURES IN THE FORM OF TWO SQUARE HATCHES. (HMS ROEBUCK, HI 1053). AMEND WK 80TRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, 2 HATCHES VISIBLE ON DCS3

Position: 54 32.772 N,4 55.041 W

 

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