Wreck: Luffness (Trawler)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Luffness, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 5.341 N,2 1.48 W (57.089017, -2.024667)
Open the Water Map of this area in a full window
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.
More shipwrecks nearby
Shipwreck details
Name: LUFFNESS
Length 38.5 meter, width: 7.1 meter, tonnage 254 ton
Cause: ex-white pioneer, ex-mary white. built in 1935 by j lewis & sons ltd. aberdeen. owned at time of loss by newhaven trawling co, granton. one boiler, triple expansion engine, single shaft. stranded in aberdeen harbour entrance, close to north pier. was later towed out to sea and sunk. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1958
Water depth above wreck: 45 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm
Known since: 1958, last detected: 2009
Details measurements/cartography: H731/58 14.2.58 STRANDED IN ABERDEEN HARBOUR ENTRANCE CLOSE TO NORTH PIER BUT CLEAR OF CHANNEL. POSN 570841N, 020344W. (HR MASTER). H731/58 22.5.58 TOWED OUT TO SEA AND SUNK IN AMENDED POSN 570530N, 020100W. (HR MASTER). INS AS NDW. BR STD. 6.11.72 AMEND TO WK USC 15FMS. NE 1407. (TONNAGE KNOWN). 8.3.73 AMEND TO WK USC 28MTRS. NC 210. (TONNAGE KNOWN). HH0891/155/01 1.3.10 SEP 2010/000098684 EXAM'D 14.8.09 IN 5705.341N, 0201.480W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 39.03 IN GEN DEPTH 45.0MTRS. SCOUR 2.55 DEGS DEEP. LENGTH 41MTRS, WIDTH 19MTRS, HT 6.0MTRS. LIES 045/225 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (GARDLINE HYDRO, HI 1155). INTACT, UPRIGHT, ?BOWS SW. SCOUR RUNS 020/200 DEGS FOR UP TO 70MTRS. AMEND WK 39MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, BOW SW, SCOUR RUNS 020/200DEGS
Position: 57 5.341 N,2 1.48 W
Continue searching
Wrecks near Belgium
Wrecks near Germany
Wrecks near France
Wrecks near Great Britain
Wrecks off Denmark
Wrecks off Sweden
Wrecks off Norway