This is the information page about the shipwreck Inconnu, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 52.275 N,3 26.092 W (58.844716666667, -3.1926833333333)

 

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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.

 

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8. Copeland
9. Dalewood (possibly)
10. Daystar (probably)
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14. Ebanezer
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20. G103
21. G104
22. Gobernador bories
23. Grosser kurfurst
24. Hindenburg
25. Hmd chance
26. Hmd imbat
27. Hms dewey eve
28. Hms hampshire
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31. Hms rose valley
32. Hmt beech
33. Inconnu
34. Inverlane (bow section)
35. Jv 751
36. Kaiser
37. Kaiserin
38. Karlsruhe
39. Kasparoff
40. Koln
41. Konig
42. Kronprinz wilhelm
43. Lizzie bain (possibly)
44. Mara
45. Markgraf
46. Norholmen
47. Osprey
48. Pinnace 744
49. Prinzregent luitpold
50. Prudentia
51. Ronda (part of)(possibly)
52. Ross puma
53. Rotherfield
54. S 36 (bow section)
55. Seydlitz
56. Siherite
57. Solan
58. Strathelliot
59. Sunlight
60. Tabarka (possibly)
61. V 78 (part of)
62. V83
63. Yc 21

 

Name: INCONNU

Length 17.4 meter, width: 5.8 meter, draught: 2.7, tonnage 50 ton

Cause: had major galley fire, headed inshore and took the ground. later, a second explosion destroyed wheelhouse. five crew rescued, one missing.

Year of registration: 1996

Water depth above wreck: 0 meter

Known since: 1996, last detected: 1996

Details measurements/cartography: HH268/450/02 19.1.96 AGROUND AND ON FIRE AT RORA HEAD. (MRSC PENTLAND, TLX DTD 16.1.96). HH268/450/02 19.1.96 HULL OF VESSEL HAS GONE, THERE ARE ONLY A FEW BITS AND PIECES ALONG THE SHORE, SPREAD ALONG 50 TO 60 YARDS. (P&O FERRY 'ST OLA' VIA MRSC PENTLAND, TLX DTD 17.1.96). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WOODEN HULL

Position: 58 52.275 N,3 26.092 W

 

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