This is the information page about the shipwreck Glenisla, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 60 7.899 N,1 8.036 W (60.342516666667, -1.0269666666667)

 

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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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11. Glenisla
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31. Verdant

 

Name: GLENISLA

Length 76.2 meter, width: 10.1 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 1266 ton
Load: coal

Cause: vessel, built 1878 by w.b. thompson, dundee, with 2 cylinder compound engine & 2 boilers. owned at time of loss by james mitchell & sons. on passage from tyne for slemmestad. sank 0.75m from kirkabister lt, lerwick following a collision with ss 'glenelg'. glenisla was at anchor and glenelg was under tow having been torpedoed. all 23 crew rescued. (sibi & shipwrecks of n of scotland, baird).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 46 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2009

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 0.75M FROM KIRKABISTER LT, LERWICK. (DODS). H1310/88 29.6.88 LOCATED IN 600824N, 010748W. SITS UPRIGHT ON SANDY BOTTOM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FAIRWAY IN GEN DEPTH 45MTRS. MASTS & SUPERSTRUCTURE HAVE ALL GONE. (M JOHNSON). INS AS WK USC PA 30MTRS. BR STD. HH270/400/09 20.11.00 GLENISLA NOW LOCATED IN 6007.93N, 0107.92W [OGB] USING VISUAL BEARINGS AND E/S. LEAST E/S DEPTH 31 IN GEN DEPTH 40MTRS. (LERWICK PORT AUTHORITY, LETTER DTD 9.11.00). AMEND TO WK 31MTRS.

- NM 4837/00. 18.2.04 WK LIES ON A FLAT SHINGLY SEABED. VESSEL IS SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT, A LARGE IRON PROPELLER LIES ON TOP OF WK. (DIVE SCOTLAND VOL.III, PUBLISHED 1992). 18.2.04 EUT POSN: 6007.899N, 0108.036W. NE 3271. 18.3.09 LIES IN 45MTRS, INTACT ON SANDY SEABED. BOWS N. WOODEN DECKING LARGELY ROTTED AWAY AS IS THE SUPERSTRUCTURE. HIGHEST POINT IS ENGINE & BOILERS. STEEL MAST & GUN LIES ON SEABED ON PORT SIDE OF WK. PIECES OF WHITE PHOSPHORUS LIE AROUND THE STERN. MAIN PROPELLER, BELL, & PORTHOLES HAVE BEEN SALVAGED. SPARE IRON PROPELLOR REMAINS WITHIN THE WRECKAGE. (SHIPWRECKS OF N SCOTLAND, BAIRD)
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 60 7.899 N,1 8.036 W

 

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