This is the information page about the shipwreck Dumfriesshire (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 29.252 N,6 6.616 W (51.50045, -6.0343166666667)

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: DUMFRIESSHIRE (POSSIBLY)

Year of registration: 1915

Water depth above wreck: 114 meter, Height above seabed: 158 cm

Known since: 1915, last detected: 1980

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 25M SW FROM SMALLS, OR 512530N, 060815W. (WW1SL). H3804/72 19.11.76 H3804/72 19.11.76 WK 100MTRS IN 512912.6N, 060632.2W [OGB]. (HMS HERALD, SIGNAL DTD 16.11.76). INS AS WK 54FMS.

- NM 2427/76. H4852/75 22.3.77 H4852/75 22.3.77 WRECK LOCATED IN 512913.5N, 060633.5W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 108 IN GEN DEPTH 114MTRS. SCOUR 2MTRS. LIES SW/NE. SEDIMENT BUILD UP ON NW SIDE OF WRECK. (HMS HERALD, HI 20/76). BR STD. H3251/80 7.5.80 H3251/80 7.5.80 EXAM'D 16.3.80 IN 512914.4N, 060630.9W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 108 IN GEN DEPTH 115MTRS. SCOUR 1.5MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 5.4MTRS, HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 6.1MTRS. LENGTH 75MTRS, BEAM 10.7MTRS, LYING 158/338 DEG, BOWS NW [ORIENTATION DIFFERS FROM PREVIOUS BUT WAS CONFIRMED ON TWO SEPARATE OCASSIONS]. SE END HIGHEST. NO MAST EVIDENT. INTACT WK. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 52/80, 22.3.80). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, BOWS NW, NO MASTS

Position: 51 29.252 N,6 6.616 W

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