This is the information page about the shipwreck Guethary, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 40.045 N,6 1.167 W (55.882816666667, -6.1208666666667)

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: GUETHARY

Length 84.4 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 2178 ton
Load: non-ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: built of steel in 1901 in nantes. passage new caledonia for glasgow. drove ashore one mile s of ardmore pt, 100yds w of lt ho. (sibi). wrecked on eilean a chuirn, islay. (p l sellars).

Year of registration: 1975

Water depth above wreck: 8 meter, Height above seabed: 160 cm

Known since: 1975, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: 25.2.75 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 554004N, 060102W. SAID BY LOCALS TO BE FRENCH. WRECK ABOUT 30FT DEPTH. MUCH OF HULL STILL INTACT WITH STEEL MASTS FALLEN AND LYING ALONGSIDE WK. (P L SELLARS, LTR DTD 11.2.75). FOR FILING ONLY. NCA. 10.10.13 EXAM'D 9.2.13 IN 5540.045N, 0601.167W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 4.13 IN GEN DEPTH 8.3MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 64.7MTRS, WIDTH 30.0MTRS, HT 4.17MTRS. LIES 160/340 DEGS. AN AREA OF SCATTERED DEBRIS AND FALLEN MASTS. (NETSURVEY, HI 1370). ?PORTION OF SHELL PLATING & FRAMES DISCERNABLE. 24.10.13 LEAST M/B DEPTH 5.26MTRS. (SDC BATHY, EXAMINATION OF DIGITAL DATA). AMEND WK 5.2MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: SCATTERED DEBRIS & FALLEN MASTS

Position: 55 40.045 N,6 1.167 W

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