This is the information page about the shipwreck Fairweather v (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 56.349 N,5 21.349 W (57.977983333333, -5.4512166666667)
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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: FAIRWEATHER V (PROBABLY)
Length 28.3 meter, tonnage 87 ton
Cause: built in 1975. owned at time of loss by j a buchan, c/o caley fisheries. struck rocks sw side of annat bay and sank. (ll).
Year of registration: 1991
Water depth above wreck: 22 meter, Height above seabed: 175 cm
Known since: 1991, last detected: 2009
Details measurements/cartography: HH272/350/01 8.2.91 HH272/350/01 8.2.91 SANK ON W SIDE OF ANNAT BAY. LOCATED BY DIVERS IN 575624N, 052124W [OGB] IN GEN DEPTH 17MTRS. (STORNOWAY MRSC, 5 & 8.2.91). INS AS DW. BR STD. HH272/350/01 28.2.91 HH272/350/01 28.2.91 CONSIDERED TOTAL LOSS. NOT A NAVIGATION HAZARD. (LL 12.2.91). 6.11.97 6.11.97 WK SITS UPRIGHT WITH DECK AT 20MTRS AND STERN AT 24MTRS. (DIVER MAGAZINE, NOV 1997). AMEND NDW. BR STD. 29.6.09 SEP 2009/000048347 29.6.09 EXAM'D 10.6.09 IN 5756.3486N, 0521.3488W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 11.73 IN GEN DEPTH 22MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 30.0MTRS, WIDTH 10.0MTRS, HT 10.27MTRS. LIES 175/355 DEGS WITH BOWS N. INTACT, SLIGHT LIST TO PORT. (MV ANGLIAN SOVERIGN, HN FOR HI 1300). AMEND WK 11.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH091/130/01 14.9.09 HH091/130/01 & SEP 2009/000135048 14.9.09 ABOVE DATA REPEATED. (NETSURVEY, HI 1300, ROS). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, BOWS S, MINOR LIST TO PORT
Position: 57 56.349 N,5 21.349 W