This is the information page about the shipwreck Galatea c, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 41.341 N,0 56.744 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: GALATEA C
Length 22.5 meter
Cause: built in 1975. capsized and sank. crew of 5 all recovered.
Year of registration: 1998
Water depth above wreck: 109 meter, Height above seabed: 50 cm
Known since: 1998, last detected: 2009
Details measurements/cartography: HH260/400/04 11.1.99 SANK IN PA 5745.000N, 0051.00W [EUR]. LATER A DIESEL SLICK REPORTED IN 5741.360N, 0056.780W [EUR]. MRCC UNABLE TO CONFIRM THAT THIS IS THE EXACT POSN OF THE WK. (MRCC ABERDEEN, FAX DTD 5.1.99). INS AS NDWPA IN POSN OF SLICK. BR STD. HH091/155/01 20.1.10 SEP 2010/000027978 EXAM'D 11.5.09 IN 5741.341N, 0056.744W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 103.89 IN GEN DEPTH 109.3MTRS. SCOUR 2MTRS DEEP AT WK. LENGTH 23MTRS, WIDTH 9MTRS, HT 5.5MTRS. LIES 050/230 DEGS WITH BOWS NE. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. HIGHLY DEGRADED. (GARDLINE HYDRO, HI 1155). INTACT. AMEND WK 103MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, BOWS NE, SCOUR AT WK
Position: 57 41.341 N,0 56.744 W