This is the information page about the shipwreck Hyacinth (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 25.024 N,5 29.767 W (56.409566666667, -5.4877833333333)

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: HYACINTH (POSSIBLY)

Length 21 meter, width: 6 meter, tonnage 39 ton

Cause: built in 1901 of iron. caught fire off maiden island. fire which started in engine room spread rapidly. crew rescued by passing boat. hull was towed to kerrera side of oban bay. photo. (shipwrecks of the w of scotland & off scotland).

Year of registration: 1922

Water depth above wreck: 3 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1922, last detected: 1990

Details measurements/cartography: H6976/22 27.10.22 WK WITH TWO MASTS SHOWING AT HW IN 562502N, 052942W [OGB], OR 178DEG, 595YDS FROM HUTCHESONS MONUMENT, KERRERA, OBAN ANCHORAGE. (HMS COVENTRY, HN DTD 23.10.22). INS AS ST.

- NM 1741/22. H1286/75 4.8.75 CONFIRMATION OF POSN. AT LOW TIDE 8FT OF STERN PROJECTS FROM WATER. NO MASTS SEEN. WK COVERS AN AREA 75FT X 15FT X 15FT. BOW LIES IN 10FT AT LOW WATER. (A LAW, 31.7.75). 28.5.82 DESCRIBED AS STEAM PUFFER. IRON HULL ALMOST INTACT BUT BROKEN IN TWO. BOW & FUNNEL ALWAYS ABOVE WATER. LIES E/W, BOWS W. (BSAC WK REGISTER, VOL V). FROM SKETCH POSSIBLY LIES TO S OF CHARTED POSN. NCA YET. HH100/351/03 30.11.90 POSN AND DIMENSIONS CORRECT. CONSIDERED NOT TO HAVE BEEN A S PUFFER. HAS NO MASTS AND FUNNEL LIES TO ONE SIDE. ONE END STILL SHOWS ABOVE HIGH WATER. (K WATSON, 2.11.90). 1995 WK OF IRON HULLED VESSEL, POSSIBLY FV HYACINTH, VISIBLE AT ALL STATES OF THE TIDE. BOWS STAND 3MTRS ABOVE WATER AT LW, WITH VERTICAL BOILER PROTRUDING ABOVE FO'C'SLE. KEEL AT THE STERN IN 3MTRS OF WATER. PHOTO. (SHIPWRECKS OF THE W OF SCOTLAND) 25.4.05 [EUT] POSN: 5625.024N, 0529.767W. NE 1790. 16.4.14 VISIBLE ON GOOGLE EARTH & FLASH EARTH. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: DIMENSIONS AS REPORTED

Position: 56 25.024 N,5 29.767 W

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