This is the information page about the shipwreck Flying meteor, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 58.62 N,3 51.3 W (53.728216666667, -4.0091333333333)

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: FLYING METEOR

Length 34 meter, width: 5.7 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 127 ton

Cause: built in 1864 by blackwood & gordon of port glasgow. owned at time of loss by g j kidston (clyde shipping co). 65 hp. was engaged in towing the barque ravensbourne from liverpool to troon. strap of connecting rod broke and fell to the bottom of the hull where it punctured one of the iron plates. the vessel soon foundered. the crew of nine made their way across to the barque which returned to liverpool.

Year of registration: 1991

Water depth above wreck: 39 meter

Known since: 1991, last detected: 2000

Details measurements/cartography: HH100/351/04 11.2.91 HH100/351/04 11.2.91 FASTENER REPORTED IN 535837N, 035101W. POSN BY DECCA. (K HURLEY, 11.1.91). INS AS FOUL. BR STD. H3944/88 26.2.91 H3944/88 26.2.91 3 SONAR CONTACTS LOCATED 3 CABLES W OF REPD POSN ON EVEN SEABED IN GEN DEPTH 39MTRS. CONSIDERED TO BE AN ISOLATED ROCK AND A POSSIBLE NUISANCE TO FISHERMEN. (HMS ROEBUCK, SIGNAL DTD 21.2.91). AMEND POSN TO 535837N, 035118W. BR STD. HH100/351/04 29.8.91 HH100/351/04 29.8.91 DIVED ON IN 535836N, 035112W. AREA OF WRECKAGE, APPARENTLY THE REMAINS OF OLD TRAWLER COMPLETELY BROKEN UP AND COVERING AN AREA 30 X 15MTRS. HIGHEST POINT STANDS ABOUT 2MTRS ABOVE GEN DEPTH. (K HURLEY, 23.8.91). NCA. HH100/351/16 7.12.00 HH100/351/16 7.12.00 DIVED IN 5358.620N, 0351.300W [WGD] USING GPS. LENGTH 30MTRS, WIDTH 7MTRS. STANDS 2MTRS HIGH BY DEPTH GAUGE. NO MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SEABED SAND & SILT. A PADDLE STEAMER TUG. WHEEL BOSS RECOVERED WITH NAME AND DATE. VERY NEARLY COVERED BY SEABED. CINC REQUESTED. (E JONES, IN M BRENNANN'S LTR DTD 2.12.00). RETAIN AS FOUL IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH208/400/05 17.4.01 HH208/400/05 17.4.01 DIVED IN 5358.620N, 0351.300W [WGD]. THIS IS THE WK OF A SMALL, IRON PADDLE STEAMER. WHEEL BOSS THE THE NAME FLYING METEOR 1864 RECOVERED. LIES IN GEN DEPTH 46MTRS AT HW. WELL BURIED IN SHINGLE SEABED. HIGHEST POINT IS THE SHAFT AND PADDLE WHEEL BOXES WHICH STAND SOME 2MTRS ABOVE THE SEABED. (E JONES, LTR DTD 9.4.01). NCA. 26.11.07 26.11.07 CINC REMOVED. MORE THAN 5 YEARS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: AREA OF DEBRIS, ALMOST BURIED, DIMENSIONS BY DIVER

Position: 53 58.62 N,3 51.3 W

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