This is the information page about the shipwreck Kartli, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 42.229 N,5 44.913 W (55.675316666667, -5.7981666666667)

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: KARTLI

Length 79.9 meter, width: 13.1 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1920 ton
Load: foodstuffs: preserved,fish

Cause: 19.12.91 reported to be in difficulties when heavy sea smashed bridge window. was abandoned by crew and left adrift. came ashore on 19.12.91. (clyde cg) stern trwaling factory ship built 1966 by veb volkswerft, stralsund. bridge smashed & engine room flooded by a freak wave. 4 of 51 crew killed. photo of grounded vessel. (argyll shipwrecks & shipwrecks of the west of scotland)

Year of registration: 1991

Water depth above wreck: 6 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm

Known since: 1991, last detected: 1992

Details measurements/cartography: HH272/350/02 20.12.91 HH272/350/02 20.12.91 AGROUND ON ISLE OF GIGHA IN 554200N, 054500W APPROX. (CLYDE CG, 19.12.91). NCA YET. HH272/350/02 24.1.92 HH272/350/02 24.1.92 REMAINS AGROUND, LYING NW/SE WITH 25DEG LIST TO PORT. SALVORS REPORT THAT HER BOTTOM HAS BEEN TORN OUT. (CLYDE CG, TELEX 24 & 30.12.91). NCA YET. HH272/350/02 11.2.92 HH272/350/02 11.2.92 STILL AGROUND. NO SALVAGE DECISIONS YET. CARGO TO BE DUMPED. (LL, 24.1.92). SALVAGE UNLIKELY. (FISHING NEWS, 31.1.92). HH100/351/05 10.3.92 HH100/351/05 10.3.92 IN 554214N, 054451W [OGB] LYING ALONG ROCK LEDGE WITH BOW SE, A SLIGHT LIST TO PORT AND STERN AWASH AT HW ON 29.12.91. (P J MOIR, 4.3.92). HH272/350/02 10.3.92 HH272/350/02 10.3.92 CONFIRMED STILL AGROUND. (CLYDE CG, TELECON 10.3.92). INS ST IN 554214N, 054451W [OGB]. BR STD. HH272/350/02 17.3.92 HH272/350/02 17.3.92 WK TO BE SOLD 'AS IS, WHERE IS'. (LL, 13.3.92). HH272/400/01 8.12.92 HH272/400/01 8.12.92 REFLOATING OPS COMMENCED BY SWAN SALVAGE, OF PETERHEAD. IF SUCCESSFUL VESSEL MAY BE TOWED TO TURKEY. (LL, 25.11.92). NCA YET. 1994 VESSEL BROKE UP IN GALES OF WINTER 1993. SOME WRECKAGE STILL VISIBLE ABOVE WATER & ASHORE AMONG ROCKS. MOST OF WRECK LIES IN GEN DEPTH 5MTRS. (ARGYLL SHIPWRECKS) 11.4.08 11.4.08 EUT POSN: 5542.229N, 0544.913W. NE 2475.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 55 42.229 N,5 44.913 W

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