This is the information page about the shipwreck Hispania, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 34.923 N,5 59.208 W (56.49875, -5.6916)

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: HISPANIA

Length 81.4 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1337 ton
Load: construction materials,general and mixed goods,rubber,metal: concentrate and products

Cause: built 1912 by antwerp engineering co, hoboken. owned at time of loss by svenska lloyd. passage liverpool for varberg. struck sgeir more reef & sank in sound of mull, off coast of morren. the master, who refused to leave his ship, was lost, 21 crew safe. steel cargo was salvaged during 1950's. (dods, argyll shipwrecks, shipwrecks of the west of scotland, sibi & dive scotland's greatest wrecks). cargo consisted of sheet metal, asbestos, rubber & fishing line. (diver magazine april '99).

Year of registration: 1954

Water depth above wreck: 24 meter, Height above seabed: 159 cm

Known since: 1954, last detected: 2011

Details measurements/cartography: H8189/54 5.4.55 DW APPROX 117DEG, 3.1C FROM RUDH'A GHLAISICH BN [563426N, 055905W APPROX]. (HM COASTGUARD, CAMPBELTOWN).

- NM 642/55. H8189/54 6.12.57 TWO BOAT WIRE SWEEP IN 563447N, 055913W BY BEARING AND DISTANCE. CLEAR AT 3FMS, FOULED AT 3FMS 2FT. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 3FMS 2FT. (DALRYMPLE SWEEP REPORT DTD 31.7.57).

- NM 2936/57. H8189/54 24.8.73 FOUND DURING SURVEY BY DIVER AND E/S. FIXED BY BEARING AND DISTANCE. NOTHING FOUND IN DALRYMPLE'S POSN 563447N, 055913W IN GEN DEPTH 23MTRS. LYING SE/NW, BOWS SE. ALMOST INTACT LEANING OVER 15DEG TO W. 3.08MTRS CLEARANCE [REDUCED] MEASURED FROM HIGHEST POINT TOP OF MAINMAST. (NP 5640, HN).

- NM 1744/73. H1270/73 11.9.73 TEMPORARILY MARKED BY G CAN LT BUOY, GPFL(2)G.10S, 090DEG, 0.7C FROM WK. (NLB NM 10/73 & HMS NUBIAN HN). NCA. H8189/54 15.10.73 CONFIRMS REPORT OF NP 5640. POSN 563457N, 055909W. RESTS ON LEDGE IN 120FT WITH BOWS INSHORE AND STERN OVERHANGING LEDGE. PROPELLOR ALREADY SALVAGED WITH PART OF CARGO OF NYLON FISHING NET ROPE. NOTHING FOUND IN 563446N, 055914W. (RAF CONINGSBY SUB-AQUA EXPEDITION SEP '73). NCA. H5249/73 14.1.74 POSN 563457N, 055909W FIXED BY HSA. INVESTIGATED BY DIVERS. LEAST DEPTH 3.38MTRS ON EDGE OF ROCKY LEDGE 24MTRS DEEP. DIVERS FROM RAF SUB-AQUA EXPEDITION. (NAVAL BOAT PARTY NP 5640(M), HI 46/73). BR STD. H5249/73 13.6.74 CONFIRM G CAN LT BUOY, GPFL(2)G.10S, 090DEG, 0.7C FROM WK. (HMS HECLA, HN).

- NM 1209/74. H2894/72 13.6.77 BUOY NOW R CAN LT BUOY, GPFL(2)R.10S CLOSE NE. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BR STD. 22.7.80 REPD LYING ALMOST UPRIGHT, IN GOOD CONDITION AND SAFE FOR DIVERS TO ENTER ALL PARTS. (SCOTTISH DIVER MAY/JUNE 1980). 2.4.82 DESCRIBED AS UPRIGHT, VERY INTACT, AT RIGHT ANGLES TO CHANNEL, BOWS INSHORE. STANDS 12-14MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTHS 22-30MTRS. (BSAC WK REGISTER, VOL II). 4.8.98 LIES IN 30MTRS, VERY COLOURFUL BEING ENCRUSTED WITH ORANGE AND WHITE PLUMROSE ANEMONES. PHOTO. (DIVER MAGAZINE AUG '98). 26.4.99 ROOVES OF ACCOMMODATION BLOCKS AND BRIDGE ROTTED AWAY ALLOWING ACCESS TO CABINS. SPARE STEEL PROPELLER ATTACHED TO STERN ACCOMMODATION. STARBOARD ANCHOR LIES ON SEABED. PHOTOS AND DIAGRAMS. (DIVER MAGAZINE APR '99) 4.8.08 [EUT] POSN: 5634.939N, 0559.213W. NE 2394. 13.2.12 EXAM'D 29.10.11 IN 5634.923N, 0559.208W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.55 IN GEN DEPTH 14.6MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 75MTRS, WIDTH 13MTRS, HT 12MTRS. (SIC). MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, LISTING TO PORT. (NETSURVEY, HI 1364). RETAIN WK 2.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT & UPRIGHT

Position: 56 34.923 N,5 59.208 W

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