This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms scotstoun, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 59.982 N,9 53.032 W (56.9997, -9.8838666666667)

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: HMS SCOTSTOUN

Length 168.6 meter, width: 21.3 meter, draught: 11.6, tonnage 17046 ton

Cause: ex-anchor line ss caledonia. built in 1925 by a stephen & sons. taken over by admiralty & fitted out as an aux cruiser. torpedoed & sunk by u-25 in nw approaches. six men lost from crew of 350. (dods & axis submarine successes).

Water depth above wreck: 2000 meter

Known since: 1940

Details measurements/cartography: H056/40 H056/40 SUNK IN 570000N, 095300W. NCA. H095/39 H095/39 POSN GIVEN AS 570000N, 095600W. IN 1100FMS. (CINC WA). SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 200M W OF INISHTRAHULL. (DODS). SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 570000N, 095700W. (AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES). PLOTS IN OVER 2000MTRS, TOO DEEP TO CHART.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 56 59.982 N,9 53.032 W

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