This is the information page about the shipwreck George a west (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 28.509 N,5 36.178 W (56.409566666667, -5.4877833333333)

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: GEORGE A WEST (PROBABLY)

Length 27 meter, width: 5 meter, tonnage 85 ton

Cause: built of wood by w & g stephen, baniff. launched in 1913. owned and skippered at time of loss by george west. struck leathsgeir rock and sank.

Year of registration: 2012

Water depth above wreck: 31 meter, Height above seabed: 95 cm

Known since: 2012, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: 24.9.13 EXAM'D 5.11.12 IN 5628.509N, 0536.178W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 29.92 IN GEN DEPTH 31.4MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 28.0MTRS, WIDTH 9.6MTRS, HT 3.4MTRS. LIES 095/275 DEGS WITH BOWS E. INTACT. (INIS HYDRO, HI 1354). INS AS WK 29.5MTRS. 19.11.14 DIVED 10.2014 IN LISTED POSN. A WOODEN HULLED STRAM TRAWLER. LIES E/W WITH STERN E IN MAX 35MTRS. LARGE BOILER, STEAM ENGINE AND STERN SECTION SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT. 3-BLADED PROP. NO HULL OR DECKING. METAL PARTS SUCH AS STERN RAIL VISIBLE ON SEABED. CONSIDERED TO BE GEORGE W WEST, THERE ARE NO OTHER VESSELS LOST HERE WHICH MATCH THE WRECK REMAINS, BUT NOTHING FOUND TO POSITIVELY IDENTIFY. HAS PROBABLY BEEN DIVED BEFORE. (P MOIR, EMAIL DTD 18.11.14). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, ?BOWS E

Position: 56 28.509 N,5 36.178 W

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