This is the information page about the shipwreck Elegance, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 59 1.629 N,2 42.395 W (59.308216666667, -2.5270666666667)

 

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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.

 

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Name: ELEGANCE

Length 28 meter, width: 8.7 meter, draught: 5.1, tonnage 357 ton

Cause: built in 1998 by szezectin pol, parnica stocznia remontowa. owned at time of loss by scofish fish-selling (peterhead). oil engine of 100bhp, single shaft. sank following a fire in the engine room.

Year of registration: 2004

Water depth above wreck: 34 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 2004, last detected: 2007

Details measurements/cartography: HH268/430/06 19.3.04 SANK IN 5901.57N, 0242.4W [WGD]. (MRSC SHETLAND, FAX DTD 5.3.04). NCA. HH268/430/06 19.3.04 DIVED IN 5901.62N, 0242.40W [WGD]. HULL LIES TO STBD, ENGINE ROOM DOOR OPEN. MANY ROPES AND NET AT STERN OF VESSEL. DEPTH TO TOP OF DECK 23MTRS, DEPTH TO SEABED 38MTRS AT HW. (LEASK MARINE, DIVING REPORT DTD 6.3.04). NCA. HH268/430/06 19.3.04 DEPTH FROM TOP OF BRIDGE TO SURFACE WAS 21MTRS (EXCLUDING MASTS). (DEPT OF HARBOURS, SCAPA, ORKNEY, FAX DTD 11.3.04). INS AS WK USC 18MTRS.

- NM 1989/04. HH091/202/01 18.9.07 EXAM'D 20.1.07 IN 5901.629N. 0242.395W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 24.69 IN GEN DEPTH 34.5MTRS. LENGTH 28MTRS, WIDTH 14MTRS, HT 9.8MTRS. LIES 090/270DEGS, WITH BOWS E. INTACT, LYING ON STBD SIDE. (NETSURVEY LTD, HI 1202). RETAIN WK USC 18MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2007/000069354 & SEP 2007/000068207 24.9.07 MINIMUM VALID DEPTH IN DATA SET IS 24.69MTRS. THIS COMES FROM THE REAR END OF THE SHIP OFF WHAT APPEARS TO BE THE SIDE OF THE BRIDGE. GIVEN THE ANGLE THAT IT IS LYING AT, IT APPEARS THAT NOTHING HAS BEEN MISSED OR CLEANED OUT. (VERIFICATION MANAGER, SEABED DATA CENTRE, EMAIL DTD 21.9.07). AMEND WK 24.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 4721/07.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, ON STBD SIDE

Position: 59 1.629 N,2 42.395 W

 

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