This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms strathrannock, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 54.876 N,2 6.748 W (55.683333333333, -18.4)
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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 STRATHRANNOCK
Length 36 meter, width: 6.7 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 215 ton
Cause: built in 1917 by hall russel, aberdeen for the aberdeen steam trawing & fishing co. immediately requistioned as a minesweeper. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 45hp, single shaft. mined. all crew lost.
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 56 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm
Known since: 1917, last detected: 20200410
Details measurements/cartography: H2501/19 24.3.19 WK IN POSN 555500N, 020700W. (SNO GRANTON). INS AS WK (OLD SYMBOL). NOTE. H4087/26 24.6.26 AMEND TO NDW. BR STD. H4622/71 14.9.72 AMEND TO USCPA 20MTRS. NC 160. 14.2.78 AMEND TO USCPA 35MTRS. NC 1407. HH090/915/01 16.1.02 EXAM'D 8.6.01 IN 5554.876N, 0206.746W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 47.2 IN GEN DEPTH 56MTRS. SCOUR 1.2MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 4MTRS TOWARDS 270DEGS. LENGTH 18MTRS, WIDTH 7MTRS. DCS3 HT 7.8MTRS. LIES 000/180 DEGS WITH BOWS N. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. DEBRIS EXTENDS 6MTRS TOWARDS 000 DEGS. SEPARATE PIECE WITH LENGTH 12MTRS, WIDTH 6MTRS, LIES 38MTRS W. PROBABLY THE BOW. STERN PROBABY NETTED. MAIN PORTION IS UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 915). BR STD. HH100/351/19 23.4.03 BOW LIES IN 5554.875N, 0206.773W [WGD] (NOT DIVED). STERN LIES IN 5554.881N, 0206.742W [WGD]. STERN STICKS UP AT A VERY STEEP ANGLE WITH THE PROP BEING NEARLY THE HIGHEST POINT AT APPROX 7MTRS OFF THE SEABED. STERN SECTION IS APPROX 20MTRS LONG. (R COVENTRY, EMAIL DTD 22.4.03). NCA. SEP 2021/000090526 1.4.21 EXAM'D 10.4.20 IN 5554.876N, 0206.748W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 47.44MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 56MTRS, LENGTH 18MTRS, WIDTH 13MTRS, HT 8.6MTRS, ORIENTATION 000/180 DEGS. WK BROKEN UP. (MERITAITO, HI1591). AMEND NDW 47MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN, UPRIGHT, PORTION LIES CLOSE W
Position: 55 54.876 N,2 6.748 W