This is the information page about the shipwreck Evening star, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 29.89 N,0 59.988 W (57.45935, -0.98635)
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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: EVENING STAR
Length 20.6 meter, width: 6 meter, draught: 2.1, tonnage 118 ton
Cause: ex-cap au large, ex-pierre victor. built in 1983 in france. owned at time of loss by evening star ltd, frazerburgh. oil engine of 311bhp, single shaft. a twin-rig trawler. suffered ingress of water and sank. crew recovered. (ll, fv of britain & ireland & mrcc aberdeen).
Year of registration: 2007
Water depth above wreck: 84 meter, Height above seabed: 100 cm
Known since: 2007, last detected: 2009
Details measurements/cartography: 31.1.07 OBSERVED TO SINK IN 5730.04N, 0059.85W [EUR]. (RPS ENERGY, TELECON 31.1.07). INS AS NDW. BR STD. 31.1.07 SANK IN 5729.93N, 0059.97E [WGD] IN GEN DEPTH 81MTRS. (LL 30.1.07). INS AS WK USC 60MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2007/000007540 8.2.07 SANK IN 5729.93N, 0059.97E [WGD]. HEIGHT APPROX 8MTRS. NO NETS WERE BEING STREAMED AT THE TIME. (MRCC ABERDEEN, FAX DTD 27.1.07). INS AS WK USC 60MTRS.
- NM 1120/07. HH091/155/01 20.1.10 SEP 2010/000027978 EXAM'D 25.6.09 IN 5729.890N, 0059.988W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 78.39 IN GEN DEPTH 84.5MTRS. SCOUR 1.1MTRS DEEP AT WK. LENGTH 21MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS, HT 6.2MTRS. LIES 100/280 DEGS. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 1155). AMEND WK 78MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, SCOUR CLOSE TO WK
Position: 57 29.89 N,0 59.988 W