This is the information page about the shipwreck Dunvegan castle, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 26.681 N,3 1.002 W (53.665666666667, -3.093)
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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: DUNVEGAN CASTLE
Length 46.9 meter, width: 6.1 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 254 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,railway: stock and construction materials
Cause: built of iron. one boiler, compound expansion engine. sank about 500yds ssw from n wall lt ho after collision with the ps colleen bawn.
Year of registration: 1889
Water depth above wreck: 11 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm
Known since: 1889, last detected: 2006
Details measurements/cartography: 25.6.1889 DISPERSED BY BLASTING BY MDHB BETWEEN 25.6.1889 AND 12.7.1889. CARGO SALVED. DEPTH 30FT BELOW LBD. (LIVERPOOL WK RECORDS). SHOWN ON 3490 AS WK 5FMS 0FT. H5282/71 24.2.75 H5282/71 24.2.75 SHOWN AS WK 8.6MTRS IN 532639N, 030055W ON MD & HB CHART OF 1974. BR STD. 2.6.82 2.6.82 SHOWN AS WK 8.6MTRS ON K8022/5. NCA. H1431/85 11.8.86 H1431/85 11.8.86 WK 8.6MTRS IN 532639.5N, 030056W. (MD & HB SURVEY 15/3). AMEND POSN. BR STD. HH091/124/01 25.4.06 HH091/124/01 25.4.06 EXAM'D 16.1.06 IN 5326.6812N, 0301.0016W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 10.59 IN GEN DEPTH 11.4MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 32MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS, HT 0.8MTR. LIES 000/180 DEGS. NO DEBRIS. LARGELY BROKEN UP AND BARELY DISTINGUISHABLE FROM THE SEABED. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 1124). AMEND WK 10.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: AREA OF DEBRIS
Position: 53 26.681 N,3 1.002 W