This is the information page about the shipwreck Lohada or lowlander, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 36.892 N,6 2.471 W (56.612366666667, -6.03505)
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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: LOHADA OR LOWLANDER
Year of registration: 1981
Water depth above wreck: 14 meter, Height above seabed: 120 cm
Known since: 1981, last detected: 2011
Details measurements/cartography: 5.1.81 5.1.81 WK, CLIPPER BUILT, STEEL HULL, WOODEN DECK (200FT X 22FT), LOCATED BY DIVERS IN 563702N, 060235W USING TRANSITS. STANDS 12FT OFF BOTTOM ON EVEN KEEL ON AN U/W CLIFF. LEAST DEPTH OVER 60FT. (J BENNETT, TELECON 19.11.80). NCA YET. PLOTS ON COASTLINE ON 2474. AWAIT FURTHER. H1310/81 15.1.81 H1310/81 15.1.81 POSSIBLY THE LOHADA. WK OF A MOTOR LAUNCH LIES OPPOSITE SLIPWAY ASTERN OF MAIN WK. (J BENNETT, 10.12.80) 15.1.82 15.1.82 DESCRIBED AS IRON OR STEEL PADDLE STEAMER, LYING UPRIGHT, HULL INTACT BUT WITH ROTTEN DECK. STANDING 6MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 18MTRS. SHOWN IN 563656N, 060228W [OGB] ON CHARTLET IN BSAC WK REGISTER, VOL 4. INS AS NDW. BR STD. H5249/76 11.2.82 H5249/76 11.2.82 HULL UPRIGHT IN ONE PIECE, DECKING AFT OF F'C'SLE ALL DISAPPEARED. WRECKAGE ALL AROUND HULL. INTACT CLIPPER BOW WITH HANGING ANCHOR. STANDS 5-8MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 15-23MTRS. LIES VERY CLOSE TO U/WATER CLIFF, 20MTRS HIGH, CLOSE NE. (M DAVIDSON, REPORT IN W E BUTLANDS LTR DTD 24.1.82). H5249/76 28.10.82 H5249/76 28.10.82 WK HAS NO ENGINE, BOILER OR PADDLEWHEEL AMIDSHIPS, BUT REMAINS OF MACHINERY IN AFTER SECTION. THOUGHT TO BE THE PELICAN, A FULLY RIGGED SCREW STEAMER, OWNED BY DAVID MACBRAYNE AND ENDED AS COAL HULK. (A HARDWICK, REPORT IN W E BUTLANDS LTR DTD 4.10.82) H1310/83/9 3.2.83 H1310/83/9 3.2.83 POSN ESTIMATED TO BE 563656N, 060226W [OGB]. (A. JENNIONS, 18.1.83). NCA. H1270/79 3.5.84 H1270/79 3.5.84 INS ON 2474 [TOBERMORY HBR].
- NM 1316/84. 22.1.92 22.1.92 WK, WHICH WAS USED AS A COAL HULK BY CALEDONIAN MACBRAYNE LIES UPRIGHT IN CALVE SOUND, IMMEDIATELY OFFSHORE IN 20MTRS OF WATER OFF SLIP SERVING CROFT HOUSE. HULL INTACT WITH CLIPPER BOW MOST NOTABLE SIGHT. (DIVE N.W. SCOTLAND, PUBLISHED 1985). 14.4.08 14.4.08 EUT POSN: 5636.922N, 0602.530W. NE 2474. 28.7.08 28.7.08 WRECK IN THIS POSN IS KNOWN LOCALLY AS LOHADA, POSSIBLY A PHONETIC CORRUPTION OF LOWLANDER. PELICAN, ALSO KNOWN AS ANNA BHAN, IS BELIEVED TO BE CLOSE N [SEE 2680]. (SHIPWRECKS OF W SCOTLAND PUBLISHED 1995). NCA. 12.3.12 12.3.12 LOCATED 31.10.11 IN 5636.892N, 0602.471W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 9.19 IN GEN DEPTH 14.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 65MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, HT 7.2MTRS. LIES 120/300 DEGS. NO MAGNETIC ANOMALY. STERN PARTLY DISINTEGRATED AND SUNK INTO THE SEABED. (NETSURVEY, HI 1364). INTACT, UPRIGHT, BOWS SE. AMEND WK 9.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, BOWS SE, STERN COLLAPSED
Position: 56 36.892 N,6 2.471 W