This is the information page about the shipwreck Glitra (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 60 19.061 N,1 48.738 W (60.183633333333, -1.68965)

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: GLITRA (PROBABLY)

Length 91.6 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 6.6, tonnage 2250 ton
Load: foodstuffs: solid,grain

Cause: ex-baron belhaven. built of iron in 1887 by r duncan & co, port glasgow. owned at time of loss by h svance, bergen. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 211 hp, single shaft. machinery by duncan, stewart & co, glasgow. passage baltimore for skein. (sibi). lost whilst under tow. (i nicolson).

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 57 meter, Height above seabed: 60 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 2008

Details measurements/cartography: H4977/16 11.9.16 H4977/16 11.9.16 WK 7FMS 0FT, SS GLITRA IN 602035N, 014930W. (REAR ADMIRAL AT SWARBUCKS MIN). - FNM 438/16. H3875/26 18.6.26 H3875/26 18.6.26 CHARTED CORRECTLY. 4.4.77 4.4.77 AMEND TO WK USC 22FMS [40MTRS]. GENERAL DEPTHS ARE 50MTRS PLUS. (TONNAGE KNOWN) BR STD. H2929/83 22.1.85 H2929/83 22.1.85 EXAM'D 18.8.84 IN 601906N, 014839W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 53.5 IN GEN DEPTH 58MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 3.4MTRS, LENGTH OVER 60MTRS. VERY BROKEN UP AND LARGELY COVERED BY SEDIMENT, LYING 045/225DEG. (NP 1008, HI 208). AMEND TO WK 53MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H1282/86/94 11.3.86 H1282/86/94 11.3.86 WK SHOWN W OF PAPA STOUR COULD BE NORWEGIAN STEAMER GLITRA OF SKEIN, SUNK UNDER TOW IN AUGUST 1916. (I NICOLSON, LTR DTD 4.3.86). HH100/351/15 23.8.00 HH100/351/15 23.8.00 DIVED IN 6019.139N, 0148.853W [WGD] USING GPS. WELL BROKEN UP. SINGLE BOILER AND ?DONKEY BOILER LOCATED. STERN NOT REACHED. GEN DEPTH ABOUT 60MTRS BY DEPTH GAUGE. POSSIBLY THE GLITERA. (R YOUNG, TELECON 22.8.00). AMEND POSN. BR STD. HH091/247/01 25.6.09 HH091/247/01 25.6.09 EXAM'D 26.5.08 IN 6019.061N, 0148.738W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 53.14 IN GEN DEPTH 57.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 93MTRS, WIDTH 17MTRS, HT 4.4MTRS. LIES 060/300 DEGS. INTACT, COLLAPSED. (NETSURVEY, HI 1247). RETAIN WK 53MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: VERY BROKEN UP, PARTLY BURIED

Position: 60 19.061 N,1 48.738 W

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