This is the information page about the shipwreck Emerald wings, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 52.883 N,2 53.984 W (58.844716666667, -3.1926833333333)

 

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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.

 

1. 090
2. Ac6
3. Almeria
4. Aorangi
5. Argyll
6. Atlantic (possibly)
7. Avra (possibly)
8. B 109 (part)
9. Bayern (turrets & wreckage)
10. Ben barvas
11. Benachie
12. Bettina danica
13. Bremse
14. Brummer
15. Busy bee (part of)
16. Carolina thornden
17. Carron
18. Charisma
19. Clio
20. Clio ii
21. Collingdoc
22. Copeland
23. Corinthia (stern section)
24. Cotovia (probably)
25. Croma
26. Daghestan (probably)
27. Danmark (after part)
28. Dresden
29. Duna
30. Edinboune
31. Elegance
32. Elton
33. Emerald wings
34. Empire parsons (possiby)
35. Empire seaman
36. Empire seaman
37. Energy
38. Excelsior
39. F2
40. Faro
41. Freesia
42. G101
43. G103
44. G104
45. Gartmore
46. Giralda (possibly)
47. Gondolier
48. Grosser kurfurst
49. Gunnaren
50. Hessen
51. Hindenburg
52. Hmd chance
53. Hmd imbat
54. Hmd lustring
55. Hmd lustring
56. Hmd lustring
57. Hms albacore (bow section)
58. Hms dewey eve
59. Hms endeavour
60. Hms loch garry
61. Hms narborough
62. Hms opal
63. Hms roedean
64. Hms rose valley
65. Hms royal oak
66. Hms strathgarry
67. Hms vanguard
68. Hms zarefah
69. Ilsenstein
70. Invader
71. Irene
72. James barrie
73. Johanna thorden
74. Juanita
75. Juniata (fore part)
76. Jv 526
77. Jv 751
78. Kaiser
79. Kaiserin
80. Karlsruhe
81. Kathe niederkirchner
82. Koln
83. Konig
84. Kronprinz wilhelm
85. Lapland
86. Lizzie bain (possibly)
87. Loch maddy (bow section) (probably)
88. Loch maddy (stern section)
89. Lorne
90. Lycia
91. Mara
92. Markgraf
93. Martis
94. Martis
95. Minieh
96. Naja (part of)
97. Napier star
98. Navena
99. Neptune
100. Numidian
101. Numidian
102. Ocean racer
103. Pennsylvania
104. Pinnace 288
105. Pinnace 744
106. Pontos
107. Prinzregent luitpold
108. Prudentia
109. Radiation
110. Reginald
111. Reinfield
112. Remus
113. Ros bui (?part of)(possibly)
114. Rosewood
115. S 36 (bow section)
116. Seydlitz
117. Skua flaes beacon
118. Sunbeam
119. Swiftsure
120. Tbf fn899
121. Teeswood
122. Tennessee
123. Thames
124. Thunfisch
125. U 18 (probably)
126. Ub 116
127. V 78 (part of)
128. V83
129. Yc 21

 

Name: EMERALD WINGS

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 5 meter, Height above seabed: 80 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 1992

Details measurements/cartography: H2496/72 14.3.72 POSN 585253N, 025354W, OR 213.5DEG, 2450FT FROM LAMB HOLM TRIG STN (61). PROTECTED BY GLIMPSHOLM SKERRY, SMALL BUT INTACT. MOST OF THE HULL DRIES BUT IS IN A WEAK STATE AND WILL SOON COLLAPSE. (UNDERMARINE OPERATIONS, 5.3.72). INS AS DWP. BR STD. H1270/76 2.3.76 ISOLATED MAST STANDING 19MTRS ABOVE MHWS IN 585254.5N, 025353.2W. THERE IS ALSO A LINE OF SCATTERED WRECKAGE ABOVE MLW EXTENDING 80MTRS N, 80MTRS W & 20MTRS S FROM MAST. (ORDNANCE SURVEY AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY 73/137 DTD 16.5.73 FOR PHOTOPLOT PG 1428-LP1). 2.11.79 COVERED BY LEGEND BLOCKSHIPS ON NC 2162. 3.7.80 NOT SHOWN ON NC 35 (AREA BLUED OUT). 11.12.81 COVERED BY LEGEND 'WKS' ON NC 2250. 27.5.82 REFERRED TO AS 'DREDGER LIKE VESSEL'. MAST ALWAYS SHOWS AND MOST OF DECK. (BSAC WK REGISTER, VOL V - ILSENSTEIN ENTRY). PRESUMABLY THIS WK, BUT POSSIBLY NOT EMERALD WINGS. 27.8.92 NOW WELL DISPERSED WITH BOILER SHOWING AT LW. (DIVE SCAPA FLOW).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 58 52.883 N,2 53.984 W

 

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