This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms loch garry, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 59 1.727 N,2 56.897 W (58.844716666667, -3.1926833333333)
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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: HMS LOCH GARRY
Length 32 meter, width: 6 meter, tonnage 176 ton
Cause: hired 1915, foundered at moorings, kirkwall. (ships of the royal navy)
Year of registration: 2000
Water depth above wreck: 19 meter, Height above seabed: 130 cm
Known since: 2000, last detected: 2010
Details measurements/cartography: FOUNDERED AT MOORINGS. POSN GIVEN AS 585900N, 023500W, LATER ENTRY: FOUND 595936N, 025800W. (OFF SCOTLAND) HH100/351/16 13.10.00 WK, BELIEVED TO BE DISPERSER, DIVED IN 5901.731N, 0256.914W [WGD] USING DGPS. LENGTH 45MTRS, WIDTH 6MTRS. STANDS 8MTRS HIGH BY DEPTH GAUGE. NO SCOUR. NO DEBRIS. SEABED SAND. LIES ON STBD SIDE. BOWS BROKEN, STERN INTACT. PROPELLOR & RUDDER IN PLACE. MODERATELY BROKEN UP BUT RECOGNISABLE AS A VESSEL. BOILER INTACT. ENGINE BLOCK AND WINCH OBSERVED. (T JOHNSON, LTR DTD 10.10.00). INS AS WK 10MTRS. BR STD. HH268/430/04 30.10.00 INS BY NM.
- NM 4649/00. 27.7.07 WRECK IS NOT THE DISPERSER BUT PROBABLY HMS LOCH GARRY, DUE TO PRESENCE OF TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE. LOCH GARRY HAD A LARGER BOILER THAN HMS ENDEAVOUR [SEE 58866], WHICH LIES CLOSE SW. (K HEATH, TELECON 26.7.07) 5.10.10 EXAM'D IN 5901.727N, 0256.897W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 15.5MTRS. (FATHOMS LTD, POST SDC BATHY REPROCESSING). COLLAPSED. LIES 130/210 DEGS. NO SCOUR. RETAIN WK 10MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: COLLAPSED, LIES ON STARBOARD SIDE
Position: 59 1.727 N,2 56.897 W