This is the information page about the shipwreck Loch maddy (stern section), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 58.137 N,2 53.711 W (58.844716666667, -3.1926833333333)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: LOCH MADDY (STERN SECTION)
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 8 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm
Known since: 1940, last detected: 2010
Details measurements/cartography: WK IN 585810N, 025333W, OR 070DEGS, 20M FROM COPINSAY LTHO. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H0155/40 27.7.40 ST LIES 175.5DEGS, 2.34M FROM HD OF WORK BN. (HMS FRANKLIN HN, DTD 3, 6.7.40).
- NM 1805/40. H0155/40 20.11.43 NOW CHARTED AS DW, MARKED BY G CAN BUOY CLOSE SW. (ADMIRALTY).
- NM 2491/43. H0155/40 3.1.58 POSITION AMENDED TO 585805N, 025330W. (DIVING SURVEY BD, DTD 25.8.57). AMEND TO ST (DRIES TWO FEET) IN 585805N, 025330W, WITH G CAN BUOY CLOSE NW.
- NM 3101/57. H0155/40 5.5.59 REMOVAL OPERATIONS TO COMMENCE APRIL 1959. (NORTHERN LTHO BOARD NM 4/59). H4473/70 20.5.77 AMENDED BUOY TO R CAN CLOSE N. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BR STD. 3.2.81 SHOWN AS ST [NO DRYING HT]. NC'S 2250 & 2249. H4843/83 24.8.83 BUOY MOVED TO 585814N, 025339W. (NLB TELEX, DTD 11.8.83).
- NM 2426/83. H1310/86/4 17.2.86 LIES IN GENERAL DEPTH OF 11MTRS WITH STERN RISING TO A HEIGHT OF 5MTRS. THE REMINDER OF THE WK HAS BEEN BLOWN FLAT. (A JENNIONS, 27.1.86). H1310/86/20 7.8.86 HAS BEEN SALVAGED AND MOST OF NON-FERROUS METALS TAKEN. GEN DEPTH 8MTRS. (B WINFIELD, 26.7.86). NCA. H1270/86 17.2.86 AMEND TO DW. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) BR STD. 29.11.03 NOW SHOWN AS DW WITHOUT BUOY IN 5858.058N, 0253.647W [EUT] ON BA 2584. 4.10.10 EXAM'D IN 5858.1373N, 0253.7110W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 3.04MTRS. (FATHOMS LTD, POST SDC BATHY REPROCESSING). LENGTH 56MTRS, WIDTH APPROX 20MTRS. LIES 045/225 DEGS. COLLAPSED WITH HIGH POINT AT SW END. AMEND WK 3MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: COLLAPSED, HIGH POINT (?MACHINERY) AT SW END
Position: 58 58.137 N,2 53.711 W