This is the information page about the shipwreck Inverlane (bow section), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 55.565 N,3 18.783 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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2. Bayern (turrets & wreckage)
3. Benachie
4. Bettina danica
5. Bountiful
6. Bremse
7. Brummer
8. Budrie
9. Challenger
10. Copeland
11. Corinthia (stern section)
12. Croma
13. Dalewood (possibly)
14. Dresden
15. Dyle
16. Ebanezer
17. Empire parsons (possiby)
18. Energy
19. Ephram
20. F2
21. Freesia
22. G101
23. G103
24. G104
25. Gobernador bories
26. Grosser kurfurst
27. Gunnaren
28. Hindenburg
29. Hmd chance
30. Hmd imbat
31. Hms dewey eve
32. Hms hampshire
33. Hms pheasant
34. Hms roedean
35. Hms rose valley
36. Hms strathgarry
37. Hms vanguard
38. Inconnu
39. Inverlane (bow section)
40. James barrie
41. Johanna thorden
42. Jv 751
43. Kaiser
44. Kaiserin
45. Karlsruhe
46. Koln
47. Konig
48. Kronprinz wilhelm
49. Lizzie bain (possibly)
50. Mara
51. Markgraf
52. Norholmen
53. Pennsylvania
54. Pinnace 288
55. Pinnace 744
56. Prinzregent luitpold
57. Prudentia
58. Ronda (part of)(possibly)
59. Ros bui (?part of)(possibly)
60. Ross puma
61. Rotherfield
62. S 36 (bow section)
63. Seydlitz
64. Siherite
65. St patrick (probably)
66. Strathelliot
67. Sunbeam
68. Tabarka (possibly)
69. Tbf fn899
70. Ub 116
71. V 78 (part of)
72. V83
73. Yc 21

 

Name: INVERLANE (BOW SECTION)

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 10 meter, Height above seabed: 80 cm

Known since: 1944, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H1287/75 15.10.75 H1287/75 15.10.75 THIS PARTICULAR WK DRIES APPROX 50FT AT THE BOWS. IT IS THE WK OF A TANKER, OF WHICH ONLY THE BOWS AND MIDSHIPS SECTION REMAIN. NAME CAN JUST BE MADE OUT ON BOWS TO BE 'INVERLANE'. AN ESTIMATE OF ITS SIZE WOULD BE ABOUT 16,000 TONS. (C.P.O DUNFORD, RAF LINCOLN, 15.8.75). INS AS STF. BR STD. H1284/75/327 6.4.76 H1284/75/327 6.4.76 SEE RAF SUB ASSOC. NEWSLETTER DTD JAN 1976. H1270/76 13.8.76 H1270/76 13.8.76 ABOVE REPORT CONFIRMED. WK LIES 094/274DEGS & IS APPROX 300FT LONG. (DEPT OF HARBOURS, KIRKWALL, ORKNEY, LTR DTD 5.7.76). H3579/88 21.7.88 H3579/88 21.7.88 POSN 585538N, 031839W [OGB]. LENGTH ABOUT 70MTRS. ORIENTATED 045/225DEG APPROX. FOREMAST STILL STANDING. BOW STANDS 12MTRS [LAT], MAST APPROX 5MTRS HIGHER. (OS LOAN AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY, DTD 6.6.75). TIDAL STATE APPARENTLY APPROX 0.6MTRS ABOVE CD. CHART AS STF MAST (H 13MTRS), LENGTH 70MTRS, LYING 045/225 DEGS. NE 2568. HH268/450/02 3.4.98 HH268/450/02 3.4.98 WK HAS MOVED AND CHANGED IN ASPECT. REVISED POSN 585533.5N, 031842E [OGB]. DUE TO THE CONDITION OF THIS WK AND THE PRESENCE OF THE WRECKS OF OTHER BLOCKSHIPS IN THIS AREA, PASSAGE SHOULD NOT BE ATTEMPTED WITHOUT VERY GOOD LOCAL KNOWLEDGE. (ORKNEY ISLANDS COUNCIL, DEPT OF HARBOURS NM 1/98). NCA YET. HH268/450/02 3.4.98 HH268/450/02 3.4.98 POSN CONFIRMED AS [OGB]. WK IS DEPICTED CORRECTLY ON THE CHART. BOW OF VESSEL CONTINUES TO POINT IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION AND IT STILL HAS A DRYING MAST. PREVOUSLY THE MAST HAD A GENERALLY VERTICAL ASPECT, THE VESSEL HAS NOW LISTED TO STBD AND THE MAST IS NOW AT APPROX 45 DEGS TO THE VERTICAL. THE HULL MAY HAVE ROTATED A FEW DEGREES CLOCKWISE BUT THE ASPECT IN THE MAIN IS STILL AS SHOWN ON THE CHART. (ORKNEY ISLANDS COUNCIL, DEPT OF HARBOURS, LTR DTD 25.3.98). RETAIN CHARTED DEPICTION, AMEND POSN.

- NM 1604/98.POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE HH268/450/03 9.3.99 HH268/450/03 9.3.99 WK HAS CHANGED IN ASPECT AND THE MAST IS NO LONGER VISIBLE. (ORKNEY ISLANDS COUNCIL, NM 1/99). DELETE MAST.

- NM 1257/99. HH100/351/15 4.2.00 HH100/351/15 4.2.00 INVERLANE HAS NOW SUNK BELOW THE LW MARK. (K J HEATH, TELECON & LTR REC'D 4.2.00). HH268/450/03 7.2.00 HH268/450/03 7.2.00 WK IS NO LONGER VISIBLE. (ORKNEY ISLANDS COUNCIL, DEPT OF HARBOURS, NM 1/2000). AMEND TO DWP.

- NM 1079/2000. 7.12.01 7.12.01 DIVERS REPORT STATES THAT ONLY AN UNRECOGNISABLE METRE OR SO OF TWISTED HULK REMAINS VISIBLE ABOVE SEA LEVEL. (DIVER MAGAZINE JUNE 2000). NCA. 22.7.04 22.7.04 SHOWN IN 5855.537N, 0318.796W [WGD] ON BA 2568 [EDN 5 DTD 27.3.03). 8.11.10 8.11.10 EXAM'D IN 5855.565N, 0318.783W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 0.94MTRS. LENGTH 99MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS, HT 10MTRS. LIES 080/260 DEGS. (FATHOMS LTD, SCAPA FLOW SURVEY, POST SDC REPROCESSING). BROKEN IN CENTRE, PROBABLY BOWS ENE. AMEND DWP 0.9MTR IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2022/000015366 20.4.22 EXAM'D BY BDC DW LOCATED IN 5855.564N, 0318.781W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH -2.55MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 11MTRS. LENGTH 95MTRS, WIDTH 15.5MTRS, HT 8.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 081DEGS.(ORKNEY ISLANDS COUNCIL SURVEY,12.10.2019, H525). NFA.RETAIN DW DEPTH 0.9MTRS. RETAIN POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN, BOWS NE

Position: 58 55.565 N,3 18.783 W

 

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