This is the information page about the shipwreck Finland, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 59 7.121 N,2 19.27 W (59.308216666667, -2.5270666666667)

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: FINLAND

Length 82.6 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 5.6, tonnage 1828 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built of iron in 1884 by earle's co ltd, hull. owned at time of loss by t wilson sons & co ltd. two boilers triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage blyth for trondheim. sank following collision with lighthouse tender 'pole star'. no lives lost. (k heath & sibi).

Year of registration: 2006

Water depth above wreck: 73 meter, Height above seabed: 86 cm

Known since: 2006, last detected: 2009

Details measurements/cartography: 20.2.07 WK LOCATED BY RECENT MCA SURVEY IN 5907.116N, 0219.266W [WGD]. IDENTIFIED AS SS FINLAND FROM DIMENSIONS, SURVEYED LENGTH 82MTRS. ORIGINAL SINKING POSN GIVEN IN LLOYDS LIST FOR WK WAS 10M NE BY E OF AUSKERRY WHICH IS WITHIN 0.5M OF LOCATED POSN. CINC REQUESTED. (K HEATH, TELECONS 1 & 15.2.07). INS AS NDW. BR STD. HH091/137/01 13.5.09 EXAM'D 27.5.06 IN 5907.1209N, 0219.2698W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 66.95 IN GEN DEPTH 73.5MTRS. SCOUR 1.6MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 150MTRS TOWARDS 209 DEGS. LENGTH 85.2MTRS, WIDTH 12.1MTRS, HT 6.57MTRS. LIES 086/266 DEGS WITH BOWS W. (NETSURVEY, HI 1137). W END COLLAPSED. AMEND WK 66MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 13.5.09 DIVED 12.5.09. WRECK IS BROKEN DOWN BUT UPRIGHT, WITH 2 BOILERS AND TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE. VERY LARGE AMOUNT OF TRAWL NETS ON THE WK. (K HEATH, E-MAIL 13.5.09). NCA. HH091/137/01 - SEP 2009/000188812 6.12.09 ABOVE DATA REPEATED. (NETSURVEY, HI 1137, RE-RENDER). DELETE CINC. INS AS WK 66MTRS.

- NM 278/10.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, COLLAPSED, BOWS W, HEAVILY NETTED

Position: 59 7.121 N,2 19.27 W

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