This is the information page about the shipwreck Highland home (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 39.697 N,5 6.61 W (51.590433333333, -5.2717666666667)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: HIGHLAND HOME (PROBABLY)
Length 71.3 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 6.5, tonnage 1371 ton
Load: personnel,ballast
Cause: built in 1886 by ramage & ferguson, leith. owned at time of loss by j r cuthbertson, glasgow. passage fleetwood for london. was under tow of s tug warrier when tow parted in heavy weather. not seen again. crew of 17 and 2 passengers lost. (sibi).
Year of registration: 2006
Water depth above wreck: 21 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm
Known since: 2006
Details measurements/cartography: SEP 2006/000407272 18.12.06 WK DIVED 1.7.06 IN 5139.697N, 0506.610W [WGD]. LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. STANDS 3MTRS HIGH BY DEPTH GAUGE. LIES N/S WITH BOWS N. (H DYER, EMAIL DTD 12.12.06). INS AS WK USC 16MTRS.
- NM 447/07. 9.1.07 LIES IN 5139.80N, 0506.70W [WGD]. LIES MAINLY FLAT TO THE SEABED WITH ONLY BOWS INTACT. (DIVER MAGAZINE, DEC 2007). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: BOWS N, DIMENSIONS AS REPORTED
Position: 51 39.697 N,5 6.61 W