This is the information page about the shipwreck Hylas (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 38.857 N,5 46.773 W (58.591516666667, -5.7695333333333)

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: HYLAS (POSSIBLY)

Length 114.6 meter, width: 14.6 meter, draught: 5.4, tonnage 4233 ton
Load: grain

Cause: built in 1899 by a mcmillan & sons ltd, dumbarton. owned at time of loss by the british and s american steam navigation co. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 357hp, single shaft. passage archangel for belfast. cargo flax. torpedoed ans sunk by u80.

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 120 meter, Height above seabed: 120 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 1983

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 10 MILES E OF BUTT OF LEWIS. (WW1SL). H0109/45 9.5.45 H0109/45 9.5.45 REPD IN WESTERN APPS LIST WAGO 524 AS SNS IN 583800N, 054730W. LENGTH 200FT, HEIGHT 18FT. H3791/83 1.8.83 H3791/83 1.8.83 WK LOCATED JUNE '83 IN 583852N, 054639W. SIZEABLE SHIP 140 X 30MTRS. STANDS 9.5MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 120MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 110MTRS. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, HI 145). NCA YET. H2074/82 23.12.83 H2074/82 23.12.83 EXAM'D 24.6.83 IN 583853N, 054642W [OGB] SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, HI 145). SHOWN ON BOTTOM TEXTURE TRACING AS ORIENTATED 120/300 DEGS. INS AS WK 110MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 58 38.857 N,5 46.773 W

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