This is the information page about the shipwreck Dove of oban, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 8.691 N,5 22.707 W (55.27305, -5.5877166666667)

 

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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. Agba
2. Alamance (probably)
3. Ardglass
4. Argyle (possibly)
5. Austria
6. Baron glamis (probably)
7. Bonvilston
8. Boy john r
9. Buffalo (possibly)
10. Byron darnton
11. Carrick
12. Chindwin
13. Craigantlet
14. Davaar
15. Dettifoss
16. Dove of oban
17. Empire adventure
18. Empress of japan (possibly)
19. Ethel crawford
20. Glenhead
21. Haileybury
22. Harvest hope (possibly)
23. Hms adept (possibly)
24. Hms breda
25. Hmsm sealion
26. Karen
27. Lairdscastle (probably)
28. Lakemoor
29. Longwy
30. Lupina
31. M.j.craig (probably)
32. Middleton (probably)
33. Nyanza (possibly)
34. Perelle (possibly)
35. Perilia
36. Quesada (possibly)
37. Quesada (possibly)
38. Rowan
39. Sandhurst
40. Setter (possibly)
41. Solway queen (possibly)
42. St conan
43. Strathmore
44. U 776
45. Ub 82 (possibly)
46. Ub-85 / ub-82?
47. Vera louise
48. William castle
49. Wilmere (probably)

 

Name: DOVE OF OBAN

Year of registration: 1947

Water depth above wreck: 75 meter, Height above seabed: 103 cm

Known since: 1947, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: MS080/47 12.6.47 WRECK IN 550824N, 051424W. POSN VERY VAGUE. IN 33FMS. NCA. 18.8.53 INS NDW (PA) ON F6629. H7551/68 17.1.69 NOT LOCATED. (HMS HYDRA, HI 27/68). H4695/71 13.10.71 SMALL WK, WELL BROKEN UP, 40FT LONG & 4FT HIGH FOUND IN 550839N, 052257W. (HMS BRONINGTON, HN 1971). H3671/72 20.7.72 LOCATED IN 550839N, 052241W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 74.9 IN GEN DEPTH 76MTRS. (HMS FOX). H3671/72 13.9.72 POSN BY HIFIX [2 LOP]. NO SCOUR. APPEARS TO BE IN TWO PIECES SPREAD OVER 150FT. (HMS FOX, K6547/11). INS AS WK 75MTRS. BR STD. H5982/82 4.11.82 WK SHOWN IN 550847N, 052238W ON KINGFISHER TRAWLING PLOTS A-PLOT 3, [1982]. SEP 2021/000322449 22.12.21 EXAM’D 13.5.21 IN 5508.691N, 0522.707W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 74.49MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 75MTRS. LENGTH 7.92MTRS, WIDTH 3.86MTRS, HT 1.46MTRS. ORIENTATION 103/283 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 17.3MTRS, WIDTH 4.9MTRS, 0.6MTRS DEEP, TOWARD 108 DEGS. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI 1718). IN 2 PIECES. AMEND NDW 74MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IN TWO PIECES

Position: 55 8.691 N,5 22.707 W

 

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