This is the information page about the shipwreck Freya (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 20.943 N,3 6.396 W (58.499833333333, -3.0844166666667)

 

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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.

 

1. Andrias
2. Athenic
3. Benachie
4. Clan mackinlay
5. Comet (probably)
6. Dromara
7. Empire citizen
8. Freya (part of)(possibly)
9. Freya (possibly)
10. Fulmar (possibly)
11. Glen loth
12. Hessen
13. Huntingdon
14. Intrepid ii
15. Magnus
16. Moray
17. Neptune
18. Pitstruan (probably)
19. Prolific
20. Rein (possibly)
21. Renown ii
22. Rfa isleford
23. Rosebank (possibly)
24. Sandsend
25. Sound fisher
26. Stellatus
27. Sunbeam
28. Sunbeam (possibly)
29. Tern 1
30. V 81

 

Name: FREYA (POSSIBLY)

Length 32.9 meter, width: 7.9 meter, tonnage 247 ton

Cause: capsized and sank after being struck by three giant waves.

Year of registration: 1959

Water depth above wreck: 45 meter, Height above seabed: 28 cm

Known since: 1959, last detected: 20210713

Details measurements/cartography: H818/59 10.2.59 SANK IN 582112N, 030424W APPROX. (SCOTTISH HOME DEPT, 16.1.59). INS AS NDWPA. H2336/84 21.3.86 EXAM'D 10.10.85 IN 582059N, 030618W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER RANGES [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 42 IN GEN DEPTH 46MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 4.2MTRS. LYING IN TWO PARTS WITH OVERALL LENGTH 35MTRS. FURTHER WRECKAGE OR ISOLATED ROCK WITH LEAST DEPTH 43MTRS LIES 105MTRS S OF WK. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 246). BR STD. HH091/150/01 - SEP 2008/000007851 23.1.08 EXAM'D 25.6.08 IN 5820.944N, 0306.395W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 42.3 IN GEN DEPTH 46.7MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 48MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS, HT 3.4MTRS. LIES 030/210 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. HIGHLY DEGRADED WK, COLLAPSED MIDSHIPS. (GARDLINE, HI 1150). AMEND WK 42MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. RSDRA2022000131756 22.12.22 EXAM'D 13.7.21; LOCATED IN 5820.943N, 0306.396W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 43.11MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 45MTRS. LENGTH 34.9MTRS, WIDTH 12.1MTRS, HT 2.1MTRS. ORIENTATION 028/208 DEGS. WRECK IS NOT INTACT WITH SEVERAL PEAKS PROTRUDING OUT OF THE SEABED. FUNNEL, BOW AND STERN RECOGNISABLE. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI1710 - H525-1123). AMEND NDW 43MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 58 20.943 N,3 6.396 W

 

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