This is the information page about the shipwreck Hmy verona, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 51.65 N,3 38.592 W (57.97135, -3.3395666666667)

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: HMY VERONA

Length 50.3 meter, tonnage 437 ton

Cause: ex-tighnamara, ex-katoomba, ex-lord byron, ex-imogem. built in 1980 at greenock. twin masted steam yacht with 4 cylinder quadruple expansion engine. named verona when requisitioned in nov 1914 for anti submarine patrol duties. mined 4m se of tarbet ness & sank in less than 1 minute. 23 lives lost. (diver magazine).

Year of registration: 1926

Water depth above wreck: 38 meter, Height above seabed: 155 cm

Known since: 1928, last detected: 2006

Details measurements/cartography: SANK OFF PORTMAHOMACK. (WW1SL). H4087/26 24.6.26 H4087/26 24.6.26 INS NDW (1917)(PA) IN 575000N, 034100W. BR STD. H( 24.6.55 H(W)0202/50 24.6.55 NOT FOUND DURING A/S SEARCH. (HMS WELCOME). H545/67 13.8.76 H545/67 13.8.76 NOT LOCATED BY DCS3. NOT DISPROVED. (HMS ECHO, HI 80/75). NCA. H454/67 13.8.76 H454/67 13.8.76 WK EXAM'D 30.7.75 IN 575141N, 033831W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 31.6 IN GEN DEPTH 38MTRS. NO SCOUR. SONAR LENGTH 30MTRS. LIES ROUGHLY 045/225 DEGS. (HMS ECHO, HI 80/75). BR STD. HH100/351/07 10.6.93 HH100/351/07 10.6.93 DIVED ON IN 574138.5N, 033835W [WGD] USING GPS. FAIRLY WELL BROKEN UP IN ONE GENERAL AREA. STANDS ABOUT 6MTRS CLEAR OF FIRM SEABED. MUCH COAL LIES AROUND THE WRECKAGE. (J LEIGH, 27.4.93). HH100/351/14 5.8.99 HH100/351/14 5.8.99 CONFIRMED AS STEAM YACHT VERONA. LIES IN TWO PIECES BROKEN AFT OF THE BOILER. MAX HT IS 5MTRS ALTHOUGHT THERE IS A DEEPER SCOUR AT THE BOW. WELL BROKEN UP AND CONTAINS TWO GUNS BUT NO SHELLS SEEN. LARGE INTACT BOILER IS THE MAIN FEATURE. LIES IN 45MTRS AT MHWS. (J LEIGH/B HUMBY, LTR DTD 24.7.99). NCA. 12.1.05 12.1.05 LIES IN 39MTRS. WHOLE BOW LEANS TO STARBOARD. FORWARD GUN LIES ON SEABED. MAIN BOILER AND DONKEY BOILER IN PLACE, BUT MAIN BOILER HAS ROLLED 90DEGS TO STARBOARD. VESSEL IS BROKEN JUST AFT OF THE BOILER WITH AFT SECTION LYING AT 60-70DEGS ANGLE FROM BOW SECTION. HULL AFTER BREAK LIES ON PORT SIDE WITH STERN GUN ON SEABED. WK OWNED BY INVERNESS BSAC. (DIVER MAGAZINE JAN'05). NCA. HH091/150/01 23.1.08 SEP 2008/000007851 & HH091/150/01 23.1.08 EXAM'D 28.7.06 IN 5751.650N, 0338.592W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 33.8 IN GEN DEPTH 38.0MTRS. SCOUR 2.6MTRS DEEP AT BOW EXTENDS 7MTRS TOWARDS 155 DEGS. LARGER (BOW) SECTION HAS LENGTH 45MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, HT 4.3MTRS. LIES 155/355 DEGS WITH BOWS SSW. MINOR STERN SECTION LIES 045/225 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SMALL PIECE OF DEBRIS WITH LEAST DEPTH 35.3MTRS, SOME 7 X 3 X 3.4MTRS, LIES 105MTRS NE OF THE STERN SECTION. (GARDLINE, HI 1150). AMEND WK 33MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IN TWO PARTS WITH BOW SECTION THE LARGEST

Position: 57 51.65 N,3 38.592 W

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