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 (58.881383, -2.899733)

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: 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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