This is the information page about the shipwreck Lapland, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 52.259 N,2 54.88 W (58.870983, -2.914667)

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: LAPLAND

Length 78 meter, tonnage 1234 ton

Cause: steel single-screw ss, built 1980, sunk as a blockship. (wks of scapa flow, dive scapa flow).

Year of registration: 1914

Water depth above wreck: 6 meter

Known since: 1914, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H3875/26 9.7.26 H3875/26 9.7.26 SCUTTLED IN 585217N, 025447W WITH SS REGINALD AND SS GARTSHORE IN E WEDDEL SOUND. (C 8009/4). H7308/56 13.5.59 H7308/56 13.5.59 COVERED BY NOTE ON 35.

- NM 1924/58. H2496/72 14.3.72 H2496/72 14.3.72 THIS WRECK IS TOTALLY COLLAPSED AND LIES DIRECTLY BENEATH THE CONCRETE CAUSEWAY. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOME PART OF THE WRECK MAY IN FUTURE COLLAPSE FURTHER THUS CAUSING DISTORTION TO THE ROAD. (UNDERMARINE OPERATIONS, 5.3.72). COVERED BY LEGEND: OBSTRUCTIONS - SEE NOTE' ON NC 35. 28.8.92 28.8.92 TOTALLY COLLAPSED UNDER THE BARRIER. SECTIONS CAN BE IDENTIFIED STICKING OUT FROM BENEATH THE CONCRETE BLOCKS OF THE BARRIER ON NW SIDE. (DIVE SCAPA FLOW).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Covered by Legend Obstructions

Position: 58 52.259 N,2 54.88 W

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