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 (57.160566666667, -2.0339)

 

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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.

 

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3. Archangel (possibly)
4. Assyrian
5. Audacious ii
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7. Branksea (possibly)
8. Cairnie
9. Coastal emperor
10. Confield
11. Contender
12. Creemuir
13. Cushendall (part of)(possibly)
14. Emperor (possibly)
15. Empire brigade
16. Empress (part of)(possibly)
17. Faithful iii
18. Glen tanar
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21. Greenawn (possibly)
22. Gunborg
23. Hedrun
24. Hedson
25. Hms broadwater
26. Hms gelsina
27. Hms repro (probably)
28. Hms yesso (probably)
29. Jamaica pioneer
30. James hall
31. Karemma
32. King alfred
33. Lowdock
34. Luffness
35. Maria w
36. Matador
37. New dawn (possibly)
38. Niritos
39. Nora
40. Our merit (possibly)
41. Queensbury (possibly)
42. Ross khartoum
43. Rowanbank
44. Sandvik (possibly)
45. Santa catarina
46. Sedgepool
47. Shekatika
48. Sheriffmuir
49. Shirak
50. Silverburn
51. Soesterberg
52. St catherine (probably)
53. St clement (possibly)
54. Star of luxor
55. Sturdee
56. T6 (possibly)
57. Tanevik
58. Trebartha
59. Trevorian
60. Viking queen
61. Ville de hasselt
62. Xenia
63. Xmas rose

 

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

 

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