This is the information page about the shipwreck Islay or islay iii, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 37.237 N,6 10.936 W (55.882816666667, -6.1208666666667)

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: ISLAY OR ISLAY III

Length 64.3 meter, width: 7.3 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 539 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: ex-princess louise, built 1872 by tod & mcgregor, glasgow. owned at time of loss by david macbrayne, glasgow. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 347hp, paddle propulsion .ran aground in fog on sheep island, port ellen & sank. 24 crew & 76 passengers saved. (off scotland).

Year of registration: 1902

Water depth above wreck: 9 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1902, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: 24.2.75 24.2.75 WRECKED AT PORT ELLEN, ISLAY IN 553712N, 061052W [OGB]. SOME OF THIS WK IS ON THE SLOPE OF A RIDGE, THE REST IS AT THE BOTTOM IN 50-55FT OF WATER. (P L SELLARS, LTR DTD 11.2.75). INS AS DW. NC 2474. 17.11.82 17.11.82 REPD IN 553713N, 061108W. LYING IN TWO MAIN PARTS, ONE AROUND THE BOILER & THE OTHER ABOUT 40MTRS S OF THE BOILER, WHERE MAIN PART OF HULL WRECKAGE LIES IN 6MTRS. (EXERCISE SCOOBIE SCOOP, 3-17.9.82, REPORT). POSN GIVEN DOUBTFUL. REFERRED TO AS ISLA 3?. 12.8.85 12.8.85 POSN FOR WKS ISLAY I AND ISLAY III GIVEN AS 553715N, 061108W IN 13MTRS. (DIVE WEST SCOTLAND). NCA. 11.4.08 11.4.08 [EUT] POSN: 5537.197N, 0610.926W. NC 2476. 12.4.08 12.4.08 NAME GIVEN AS ISLAY, SITE DIAGRAM SHOWS WK LYING NE/SW WITH BOILER 40MTRS N OF MAIN PART OF WK. (SHIPWRECKS OF W OF SCOTLAND). NAME GIVEN AS ISLAY III. BOILER LIES IN 12MTRS AT BASE OF SHEEP ROCK, OR EILEAN NAN CAORACH. SEABED AROUND BOILER STREWN WITH METAL RIBS, PLATES & REMAINS OF ONE OF PADDLE WHEELS. WK HAS BEEN HEAVILY SALVAGED. BOW LIES ON TOP OF REEF IN LESS THAN 3MTRS, DEEPEST PARTS OF REMAINS LIE IN 14MTRS. (ARGYLL SHIPWRECKS). 9.10.13 9.10.13 EXAM'D 13.1.13 IN 5537.237N, 0610.936W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 7.83 IN GEN DEPTH 9.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 3.0MTRS, WIDTH 2.0MTRS, HT 1.67MTRS. NO EVIDENCE OF WK AT FORMER POSN. (NETSURVEY, HI 1370). PROBABLE BOILER. AMEND WK 7.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: PROBABLE BOILER

Position: 55 37.237 N,6 10.936 W

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