This is the information page about the shipwreck Eilean roisin dubh, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 23.065 N,7 12.939 W (57.445833333333, -6.9883333333333)

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: EILEAN ROISIN DUBH

Length 32.3 meter, width: 7 meter, tonnage 199 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: had engine failure in rough seas and drifted on to rocks at entrance to loch carnan.

Year of registration: 1986

Water depth above wreck: -1 meter

Known since: 1986, last detected: 1988

Details measurements/cartography: H3112/86 3.12.86 AGROUND IN 572306N, 071242W. ON ROCKS. HARD AGROUND WITH HOLD AND ENGINE ROOM COMPLETELY FLOODED. HEAVY SEAS BREAKING OVER. (STORNOWAY MRSC & LL 31.10.86). H3112/86 9.1.87 NO SALVAGE ATTEMPT MADE AND PROSPECTS NIL. CONTRACTORS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE SELECTED MACHINERY. (LL 19.12.86). INS AS STPA IN 572306N, 071242W. BR STD. H3844/86 14.7.88 EXAM'D 21.3.88 IN 572305N, 071253W [OGB]. ONLY BOW SECTION REMAINS. MIDSHIPS AND STERN SECTION APPEARS TO HAVE CUT AWAY AND REMOVED. STANDS ON DRYING ROCK AND DRIES ABOUT 5MTRS AT MLWS. NO HAZARD TO NAVIGATION. (HMS ROEBUCK, HI 363C). AMEND TO ST DRIES 5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH272/350/01 22.5.89 DESCRIBED AS RUSTING HULK IN 572306N, 071302W, APPROX. (J R HALLAM, HN 14.4.89). SIGHTING GIVEN AS MAY 1988. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 57 23.065 N,7 12.939 W

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