This is the information page about the shipwreck Glenhead, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 27.196 N,5 31.176 W (55.27305, -5.5877166666667)

 

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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.

 

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4. Dove of oban
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7. Foxy lady
8. Glenhead
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11. Hms breda
12. Hms riant
13. Hmsm vandal
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15. Kartli
16. Lairdscastle (probably)
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21. Ospray ii
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Name: GLENHEAD

Length 20.1 meter, width: 5.3 meter, draught: 1.9, tonnage 53 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built 1887 of iron by scott & son of bowling. owned at time of loss by john p turnbull, glasgow. a steam puffer. one boiler, compound expansion engine, single shaft. passage glasgow for cambeltown. foundered in heavy seas. crew of four escaped in their boat as the ship sank under them. (b baird & sibi). capsized after being swamped by a large wave. crew of 3 took to boat & rowed ashore. (argyll shipwrecks).

Year of registration: 1980

Water depth above wreck: 34 meter, Height above seabed: 196 cm

Known since: 1980, last detected: 20200912

Details measurements/cartography: H1935/79 3.3.81 EXAM'D 9.10.80 IN 552711N, 053105W [OGB] USING BY TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 28.3 IN GEN DEPTH 35MTRS. DCS3 HT 2.55MTRS. NO SCOUR. LYING INTACT ON HEADING 020/200DEGS. LENGTH 40MTRS. NOT SWEPT DUE CLOSE PROXIMITY TO OTTERARD ROCK. (HMS HERALD HI 6B/80). INS AS WK 28MTRS. BR STD. 30.1.96 WK IS INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (SHIPWRECKS OF THE W OF SCOTLAND & SIBI) 19.1.04 LIES IN 5527.233N, 0531.216W [UND] USING GPS. UPRIGHT & INTACT WITH ONLY WOODEN SUPERSTRUCTURE MISSING. BOWS SW ON GENTLY SLOPING SHINGLE SEABED. DAMAGE TO HULL IN BOW AREA WHERE VESSEL STRUCK SEABED. LARGE CENTRAL HOLD STILL FULL OF COAL, ENGINE ROOM TO REAR WITH SMALL FORECASTLE CABIN FOR CREW. DRAWING OF SHIP AND LOCATION DIAGRAM. (ARGYLL SHIPWRECKS). SEP 2010/000129147 9.8.10 LOCATED 11.09 IN 5527.20N, 0531.18W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 32.09MTRS. LENGTH 16MTRS, WIDTH 6MTRS. LIES 010/190 DEGS. (HMS ROEBUCK, HI 1284). AMEND WK 32MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2021/000344798 5.1.22 EXAM’D 12.9.20; IN 5527.196N, 0531.176W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 30.61MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 34MTRS. LENGTH 22.6MTRS, WIDTH 7.2MTRS, HT 3.47MTRS. ORIENTATION 196/016 DEGS. WK UPRIGHT. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1680, H535-3970). AMEND DW 30.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT AND UPRIGHT

Position: 55 27.196 N,5 31.176 W

 

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