This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms adept (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 17.083 N,5 32.497 W (55.27305, -5.5877166666667)

 

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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.

 

1. Agba
2. Alamance (probably)
3. Argyle (possibly)
4. Bonvilston
5. Buffalo (possibly)
6. Byron darnton
7. Davaar
8. Dettifoss
9. Dove of oban
10. Empire adventure
11. Empress of japan (possibly)
12. Ethel crawford
13. Falcon
14. Foxy lady
15. Glenhead
16. Harvest hope (possibly)
17. Hms adept (possibly)
18. Hms breda
19. Karen
20. Lairdscastle (probably)
21. Lupina
22. Menck
23. Middleton (probably)
24. Mobeka
25. Nyanza (possibly)
26. Ospray ii
27. Perelle (possibly)
28. Quesada (possibly)
29. Quesada (possibly)
30. Sandhurst
31. Setter (possibly)
32. St conan
33. U 776
34. Ub 82 (possibly)
35. Ub-85 / ub-82?
36. Wilmere (probably)

 

Name: HMS ADEPT (POSSIBLY)

Length 47.7 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 5, tonnage 700 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: vessel, built 1915. grounded. total loss. admiralty rescue tug, built 1941 by j. cochrane & son, selby, with 3 cylinder triple expansion engine, 1 boiler, single shaft. ran aground on paterson's rock, probably in fog, exact cause unknown. (sibi, argyll shipwrecks [photo])

Year of registration: 1974

Water depth above wreck: 11 meter

Known since: 1974, last detected: 1994

Details measurements/cartography: H1287/74 30.10.74 WK VISIBLE ON A CLEAR DAY ABOUT 15FT BELOW SURFACE IN 551705N, 053226W [OGB]. BELIEVED TO BE THE REMAINS OF A TUG BUT FURTHER DIVING IS REQUIRED. (G MCCALLUM, LTR DTD 27.10.74). INS AS DW. BR STD. H1310/83/13 18.3.83 BOW SECTION OF OLD STEEL WK LYING INTACT & UPRIGHT AGAINST N SIDE OF PATTERSON'S RK IN GEN DEPTH 11MTRS. OTHER WRECKAGE IN VICINITY, BUT MAINLY BURIED IN SAND & GRAVEL SEABED. POSN 551705N, 053230W [OGB]. THIS IS REPORTEDLY WK OF THE NORSE. (SGT HARGREAVES, DTD 16.2.83). H2885/83 1.5.86 NO WK FOUND DURING CLOSE SOUNDING. AREA HEAVILY OVERGROWN WITH KELP. POOR VISIBILITY CAUSED BY OVERFALLS NEAR PATTERSON'S ROCK. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 165B). NCA. 4.11.04 EUT POSN: 5517.083N, 0532.497W. NE 2126. 18.3.10 WRECK IS WELL DISPERSED, PROBABLY DUE TO EXTENSIVE SALVAGE & ROUGH WEATHER. MOST STRIKING FEATURE IS HUGE BOILER, LYING IN 9MTRS, BUT THEREIS A LOT OF OTHER WRECKAGE SCATTERED AROUND. (AGYLL SHIPWRECKS, PUBLISHED 1994)
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BOW SECTION OF OLD STEEL WK

Position: 55 17.083 N,5 32.497 W

 

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