This is the information page about the shipwreck Glen shiel, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 29.173 N,4 43.159 W (55.69925, -4.972)

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: GLEN SHIEL

Length 33.5 meter, tonnage 195 ton
Load: coal

Cause: vessel was en-route ayr to glasgow when she foundered 2.5m off ayr hr, cause unknown.

Year of registration: 1973

Water depth above wreck: 24 meter, Height above seabed: 169 cm

Known since: 1973, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: 2.7.73 ABOUT 2.5M WNW OF AYR IN 15FMS. (LLOYDS 213). 2.7.73 MILES SOUTH OF LADY ISLE, FIRTH OF CLYDE. (LLOYDS 213). H4695/71 13.7.73 POSN 552924N, 044320W OR 172DEG, 2.25M FROM LADY ISLE. MARKED BY G SPH LT BUOY, FLG6S 215DEG 1C FROM WK. (PORT PATRICK CG, TLX DTD 29.7.73 NORTHERN LTHO BOARD 6.7.73). INS DW MARKED BY G SPH LT BUOY, FLG6S 215DEG 1C FROM WK.

- NM 1455/73. H4695/71 15.5.74 LT ON BUOY AMENDED TO INT QKFLG. (NORTHERN LTHO BOARD NM 7/74).

- NM 1049/74. H4834/75 5.5.77 WK LOCATED 19.5.76 IN 552909.75N, 044304.72W [OGB] USING TELLUROMETER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.1MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS. NO SCOUR. SEABED OF FINE SAND, BROKEN SHELL & SMALL STONES. WK LIES N/S, APPROX 35MTRS LONG. BUOY IN 552908N, 044307W. (HMS WOODLARK, HI 61/76).

- NM 1163/77. 30.6.77 REPD TO LIE ON ITS SIDE AND TO HAVE SUBSTANTIAL MASTS WHICH COULD TIP VERTICAL. AS SURVEYED DEPTH NO LONGER WARRANTS SPECIAL MARKING WK BUOY WILL PROBABLY BE REMOVED. (NORTHERN LIGHTHOUSE, LTR DTD 24.6.77). H4834/75 1.12.77 FOREMAST & DERRICK BLOWN CLEAR OF WRECK. MAINMAST IS FREE & LYING ALONG DECK OF WK HORIZONTALLY. HIGHEST POINT, STBD GUNWHALE, REPD 27FT ABOVE SEABED. ACCURACY OF MEASUREMENT NOT GUARANTEED. (SURVEY REPORT BY ELLIOT DIVING CO. LTD. IN NLB LTR DTD 14.11.77). NCA. H4834/75 12.7.78 DRIFT SWEPT CLEAR 17.2MTRS, FOUL 17.5MTRS. BUOY TO BE REMOVED SEP'78. (KELVIN HUGHES WK SWEEPING REPORT FOR NLB & NLB NM 13/78). BR STD. H4834/75 18.10.78 DELETE LIGHT BUOY,

- NM 2602/78. SEP 2020/000011409 27.2.20 EXAM’D 9.6.19 IN 5529.173N, 0443.159W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 18.53MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 24MTRS. LENGTH 33.50MTRS, WIDTH 9.80MTRS, HEIGHT 5.8MTRS, ORIENTATION 169/349DEGS. WRECK LYING ON ITS PORT SIDE WITH SCATTERED DEBRIS WITHIN 50MTRS RADIUS. DEBRIS LENGTH 48MTRS, TOWARDS 093DEGS. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1597). AMEND DW 18.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ON ITS PORT SIDE

Position: 55 29.173 N,4 43.159 W

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