This is the information page about the shipwreck Italia, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 11.621 N,6 21.994 W (58.184183333333, -6.34595)

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: ITALIA

Length 49.8 meter, width: 8.3 meter, draught: 4.7, tonnage 573 ton
Load: water

Cause: built of wood in 1896 by brunchorst & dekke, bergen. owned at time of loss by torjer meling, stavanger. single boiler, triple expansion engine of 52hp, single shaft. passage porsgrund for stornoway. cargo ice. stranded and became a total loss.

Year of registration: 1913

Water depth above wreck: 14 meter, Height above seabed: 134 cm

Known since: 1913, last detected: 20210317

Details measurements/cartography: H6214/13 29.12.13 WK OF WOODEN SS 'ITALIA' IN 581130N, 062157W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). - TNM 2029/13. H81/14 5.1.14 WK LIES 049DEGS, 140YDS FROM ARNISH BN LT. MARKED BY CONL BUOY, FL6S 50YDS E. (NORTHERN LTHO BOARD, 30.12.13).

- NM 76/14. H1585/14 28.3.14 WK STATED TO HAVE DISAPPEARED, BUOY REMOVED. (NORTHERN LTHO BOARD NM 5/14).

- NM 566/14. H3859/17 23.6.17 WK LOCATED 048DEGS, 200YDS FROM ARNISH BN LT. LEAST DEPTH 24FT. (STORNOWAY).

- NM 704/17. H6997/29 28.11.29 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK, 37FT, LYING 047DEGS, 650FT FROM REEF ROCK BN. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BR STD. H2438/76 2.3.76 AREA FULLY INVESTIGATED BY DIVERS AND CLOSELY SOUNDED. ONLY DEBRIS FOUND. WK BELIEVED TO HAVE BROKEN UP AND DISPERSED. (HMS HERALD, HI 24/75). AMEND TO FOUL, 047DEGS, 650FT FROM REEF ROCK BN OR 581139.2N, 062156.5W. BR STD. 17.6.09 SHOWN IN 5811.629N, 0622.007W [EUT] ON 2529 [JUNE 09' EDN]. SEP 2019/000020223 21.2.19 FOUL LOCATED IN 5811.62N, 0621.99W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 11.190MTRS. NFS. (STORNOWAY PORT AUTHORITY A5006 SURVEY DTD 2013). AMEND TO FOUL 11.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2021/000345369 21.12.21 FOUL LOCATED IN 5811.621N, 0621.994W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 11MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 14MTRS, LENGTH 5.65MTRS, WIDTH 3.6MTRS, HEIGHT 3.2MTRS, ORIENTATION 134 DEGS. (H525.2 BY BDC 17.3.21, STORNOWAY PORT AUTHORITY A7592 SURVEY DTD 2021). AMEND FOUL 11MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WOODEN HULL.

Position: 58 11.621 N,6 21.994 W

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