This is the information page about the shipwreck Dunstaffnage, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 7.2 N,0 4.267 W (54.12, -0.071116666666667)

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: DUNSTAFFNAGE

Length 72.2 meter, tonnage 1393 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1894 by mackie & co, glasgow. owned at time of loss by scottish navigation co. two boilers, triple expansion engine, single shaft. machinery by muir, houston, glasgow. passage sunderland for oporto. cargo coal. stranded in fog at dyke end, speeton, in front of c g lookout. was towed off two weeks later but sank nearby.

Year of registration: 1969

Water depth above wreck: 18 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1969, last detected: 1993

Details measurements/cartography: H1244/69 27.2.69 WK REPORTED TO LIE IN 540700N, 000409W. DEPTH 45FT [LWST]. SAID TO BE DUNSTAFFAGE. (E KIRKPATRICK, HULL BSAC, 24.2.69). INS AS FOUL. BR STD. H1310/87/15 19.5.87 THOUGHT TO LIE 2 TO 3 MILES FROM CHARTED POSN. (A GODFREY, 11.3.87). NCA. HH100/351/08 9.11.93 DIVED ON 15.9.93 IN 540712N, 000416W [WGD] USING GPS. STANDS ABOUT 3MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 18MTRS. POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS DUNSTAFFNAGE BY ENGINE MAKER'S PLATE. WELL SCATTERED AND LITTLE STANDS PROUD OF SEABED. BOILERS ARE THE HIGHEST PART. NO SCOUR. LIES APPROX N/S. (M RADLEY). AMEND POSN. BR STD HH090/730/01 19.12.97 NOT SURVEYED AS LIES WITHIN FISHING AREA EXCLUSION ZONE. (GARDLINE, HI 730). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL SCATTERED, BOILERS ARE HIGHEST PART

Position: 54 7.2 N,0 4.267 W

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