This is the information page about the shipwreck Glen strathallan, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 18.952 N,4 7.667 W (50.1442, -4.17415)
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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.
Name: GLEN STRATHALLAN
Length 45.7 meter, width: 6.7 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 330 ton
Cause: deliberately sunk to provide training experience for sub-aqua divers. scuttled by plymouth ocean products ltd. (th penzance).
Year of registration: 1970
Water depth above wreck: 12 meter
Known since: 1970, last detected: 20220321
Details measurements/cartography: H6066/69 19.5.70 DW IN 501856N, 040734W [OGB], MARKED BY G CONL BUOY 200FT W. (TH PENZANCE).
- NM 918/70. H4267/70 24.8.70 REPORT STATES THAT FUNNEL APPEARS TO HAVE GONE. HIGHEST POINTS NOW ARE THE BRIDGE & DAVITS WHICH, AFTER TIDAL REDUCTIONS, ARE 4-9FT BELOW SURFACE. THE WK APPEARS TO HAVE SWUNG AROUND NINETY DEGREES. (D.T.B CALKIN, 18.8.70). NCA. 12.10.70 WRECK IS NOW REPD TO BE LYING ON HER SIDE. NCA. H6066/69 22.3.71 WK IN 501857N, 040738W [OGB] USING HSA. TWO BOAT DRIFT SWEEP, CLEAR 5.2MTRS [2FMS 5FT], FOUL 5.4MTRS [3FMS]. E/S 6.0MTRS [3FMS 2FT] IN GEN DEPTH 13.5MTRS [7FMS 2FT]. SAND & MUD OVER RK. THE WK IS APPARENTLY ORIENTATED NNW/SSE, 208DEGS, 220MTRS FROM SHAGSTONE. SWEEP CARRIED OUT IN VERY GOOD CONDITIONS. (HYDROGRAPHIC SCHOOL, H525 9.10.70).
- NM 453/71. H2248/70 16.5.72 WRECK BUOY MISSING & SHAGSTONE BN NON-EXISTENT. (THV PATRICIA HN). - NE 1613. H2248/70 9.6.72 WRECK BUOY NO LONGER IN PLACE. SHAGSTONE BN WILL BE REPLACED. (AQHM PLYMOUTH, 24.5.72). HH090/594/01 11.11.94 EXAM'D 22.7.94 IN 501855.3N, 040735.5W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 9.3 IN GEN DEPTH 12MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 3.6MTRS. HEAVILY BROKEN UP AND IS NO LONGER THE SIGNIFICANT FEATURE IT ONCE WAS. THERE ARE NUMEROUS PINNACLES MORE SIGNIFICANT COVERED IN WEED AND RARELY DIVED AS IT IS DIFFICULT TO FIND. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 594). CHART AS WK 9.3MTRS IN 501855N, 040735.5W [OGB]. BR STD. SEP 2008/000023250 10.3.08 SHOWN AS WK 9.1MTRS IN 5018.951N, 0407.667W [WGD] ON PLYMOUTH SOUND TRAINING SURVEY REC'D 2008. BR STD. 24.5.12 LOCATED 2010 IN LISTED POSN. LEAST E/S DEPTH 8.5MTRS. LENGTH 4.39MTRS, WIDTH 1.86MTRS. LIES 133 DEGS. LOCATED BY DCS3 BUT NOT IDENTIFIED BY M/B. (HMS ROEBUCK HI 1296). NCA. SEP 2021/000052671 7.10.20 EXAM’D 2020; IN 5018.952N, 0407.667W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 9.16MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 14MTRS. LENGTH 55MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS, HT 4MTRS. ORIENTATION 336/156 DEGS. HEAVILY DEGRADED WK WITH VISIBLE BOILER. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1679 - H525-17651). RETAIN DW 9.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2022/000117522 12.7.22 EXAM’D BY BDC 21.3.2022; IN 5018.952N, 0407.667W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 9.21MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 12MTRS. LENGTH 4.2MTRS, WIDTH 3.8MTRS, HT 3.6MTRS. SMALL FEATURE STANDING UPRIGHT ON SEABED. NFS. (Fleet HM Unit (MST), HI 1635, H525-17651). RETAIN DW 9.1MTRS ABOVE.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: HEAVILY BROKEN UP
Position: 50 18.952 N,4 7.667 W