This is the information page about the shipwreck Margaret rae, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 34.072 N,2 22.36 W (56.522716666667, -2.3277666666667)

 

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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.

 

1. Anu (probably)
2. Aurora
3. Baku standard
4. Bay fisher
5. Clan shaw (part of)
6. Clan shaw (part of) (possibly)
7. Clara gwynne
8. Clint
9. Einar jarl (probably)
10. Fylgia
11. Greenawn (possibly)
12. Grenmar (possibly)
13. Harley (part of)(possibly)
14. Herrington
15. Hms beathwood (probably)
16. Hms braconburn (possibly)
17. Hms nordhav ii (part of)(possibly)
18. Hms nordhav ii (possibly)
19. Hms repro (probably)
20. Hms success
21. Hmsm k4
22. Hoche
23. Isla may
24. Island magee
25. Jonkoping ii (probably)
26. Lh 308 (possibly)
27. Maggie smith (possibly)
28. Margaret rae
29. Queensbury (possibly)
30. Taurus (possibly)
31. Uc 41
32. Ugie (possibly)
33. Valhallah

 

Name: MARGARET RAE

Length 11.6 meter, width: 4.5 meter, draught: 2.3, tonnage 20 ton

Cause: caught fire and later sank. crew recovered safely. vessel built 1956.

Year of registration: 1999

Water depth above wreck: 55 meter, Height above seabed: 20 cm

Known since: 1999, last detected: 2008

Details measurements/cartography: HH262/410/03 8.7.99 ON FIRE IN 5634.0N, 0022.2W [OGB]. ANCHORED TO THE SEABED BY ITS TRAWLS. (MRCC ABERDEEN, FAX DTD 8.7.99). HH262/410/03 8.7.99 NO SIGN OF VESSEL. ASSUMED SUNK IN ABANDONED POSITION. (MRCC ABERDEEN, FAX DTD 8.7.99). INS AS NDWPA. BR STD. HH091/152/01 14.7.08 HH091/152/01 & SEP 2008/000080688 14.7.08 EXAM'D 12.1.08 IN 5634.072N, 0222.360W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 49.8 IN GEN DEPTH 55.4MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTR DEEP EXTENDS 10MTRS TOWARDS 140 DEGS. LENGTH 14MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS, HT 5.6MTRS. NO MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SMALL, HIGHLY DEGRADED WK. BANKS OF SEDIMENT EXTEND APPROX 20MTRS NE AND SW FROM EITHER END OF WK WITH MINOR SCOURING AT SE SIDE. POSSIBLE FISHING GEAR ON WK. (GARDLINE HYDRO, HI 1152). AMEND WK 49MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: DEGRADED WK

Position: 56 34.072 N,2 22.36 W

 

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