This is the information page about the shipwreck Juniata (fore part), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 57.828 N,2 54.78 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.

 

1. 090
2. Ac6
3. Almeria
4. Aorangi
5. Ardanbhan
6. Argyll
7. Atlantic (possibly)
8. Avra (possibly)
9. B 109 (part)
10. Bayern (turrets & wreckage)
11. Ben barvas
12. Bettina danica
13. Bremse
14. Brummer
15. Busy bee (part of)
16. Carolina thornden
17. Carron
18. Challenger
19. Charisma
20. Clio
21. Clio ii
22. Collingdoc
23. Copeland
24. Corinthia (stern section)
25. Cotovia (probably)
26. Croma
27. Daghestan (probably)
28. Danmark (after part)
29. Dresden
30. Duna
31. Edinboune
32. Elegance
33. Elton
34. Emerald wings
35. Empire parsons (possiby)
36. Empire seaman
37. Empire seaman
38. Energy
39. Ephram
40. Excelsior
41. Eyfirdingur
42. F2
43. Faro
44. Freesia
45. G101
46. G103
47. G104
48. Gartmore
49. Giralda (possibly)
50. Gondolier
51. Grosser kurfurst
52. Gunnaren
53. Hindenburg
54. Hmd chance
55. Hmd imbat
56. Hmd lustring
57. Hmd lustring
58. Hmd lustring
59. Hms albacore (bow section)
60. Hms dewey eve
61. Hms endeavour
62. Hms loch garry
63. Hms narborough
64. Hms oceana
65. Hms opal
66. Hms roedean
67. Hms rose valley
68. Hms royal oak
69. Hms strathgarry
70. Hms vanguard
71. Hms zarefah
72. Ilsenstein
73. Invader
74. Irene
75. James barrie
76. Johanna thorden
77. Juanita
78. Juniata (fore part)
79. Jv 526
80. Jv 751
81. Kaiser
82. Kaiserin
83. Karlsruhe
84. Kathe niederkirchner
85. Koln
86. Konig
87. Kronprinz wilhelm
88. Lapland
89. Lizzie bain (possibly)
90. Loch maddy (bow section) (probably)
91. Loch maddy (stern section)
92. Lorne
93. Lycia
94. Mara
95. Markgraf
96. Martis
97. Martis
98. Minieh
99. Naja (part of)
100. Napier star
101. Navena
102. Numidian
103. Numidian
104. Ocean racer
105. Pennsylvania
106. Pinnace 288
107. Pinnace 744
108. Pontos
109. Prinzregent luitpold
110. Prudentia
111. Radiation
112. Reginald
113. Reinfield
114. Remus
115. Ros bui (?part of)(possibly)
116. Rosewood
117. S 36 (bow section)
118. Scandinavic
119. Seydlitz
120. Skua flaes beacon
121. Swiftsure
122. Tbf fn899
123. Teeswood
124. Tennessee
125. Thames
126. Thunfisch
127. U 18 (probably)
128. Ub 116
129. V 78 (part of)
130. V83
131. Yc 21

 

Name: JUNIATA (FORE PART)

Length 64 meter, width: 10.6 meter, draught: 5, tonnage 1137 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: ex- sprucol, built 1918 by short brothers, sunderland with 8 cylinder oil engines of 183hp, twin shaft. aft machinery by j & c.g. bolinders co ltd. originally owned by anglo-american oil company of hamilton. sunk by the admiralty as a blockship in water sound as part of no.4 barrier. (sibi) 25.6.49 raised on 25.6.49 and towed to inganess bay & beached, to be broken up. (k heath)

Year of registration: 1939

Water depth above wreck: 2 meter, Height above seabed: 37 cm

Known since: 1939, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H4473/70 29.9.77 SHOWN ON AIR PHOTOGRAPHY FLOWN 21.6.75. DESCRIBED AS FORWARD SECTION OF A TANKER, SOME 200FT LONG, SUNK EARLY WW2, IN 585030N, 025400W, REFLOATED & TOWED TO PRESENT POSN: 585751.2N, 025440.5W. STERN SECTION MISSING. BADLY CORRODED, NO PLANS TO SALVAGE. (ORKNEY ISLANDS COUNCIL LETTER, DTD 6.9.77). MOST PROBABLY PART OF THE 'NANA'. SEE WK [1251]. CHART AS ST IN 585751N, 025440.5W. BR STD. 29.11.03 EUT POSN: 5857.827N, 0254.772W. NE 2584. 16.7.05 THIS IS THE FOREPART OF M TANKER JUNIATA. (K HEATH, TELECON 10.4.07). 5.10.10 EXAM'D IN 5857.828N, 0254.780W [WGD] USING DGPS. WK AND POSSIBLY RELATED DEBRIS EXTENDS FURTHER FROM SHORE. (FATHOMS LTD, POST SDC BATHY REPROCESSING). LENGTH 56MTRS. LIES 037/217 DEGS WITH BOWS SW. RETAIN ST IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BOWS SW, DEBRIS EXTENDS TO NE

Position: 58 57.828 N,2 54.78 W

 

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