This is the information page about the shipwreck Martis, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 52.203 N,2 54.918 W (58.870050, -2.915300)

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.

Name: MARTIS

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 5 meter, Height above seabed: 176 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H2496/72 14.3.72 POSN 685213N, 025450W, OR 182DEG, 2200FT FROM GLIMP HOLM TRIG STN (97). STERN AND BOWS HAVE BEEN CUT OFF AND REMOVED. NO SIGN OF ENGINES BUT ALL FITTINGS EXIST, BUT A BLUE TRAWLER HAS SINCE BLASTED THE WK. REST OF SHIP IS AN EMPTY SHELL STANDING IN 20FT OF WATER, PROUD OF SURFACE AND VERY STRONG. LIES ROUGHLY NW/SE. (UNDERMARINE OPERATIONS 5.3.72). INS AS DWPA. BR STD. H1270/76 2.3.76 THREE SMALL RECTANGULAR BLOCKS SHOWING ABOVE THE LEVEL OF MLW, CENTRED ON 585215.5N, 025449.2W AND EXTENDING FOR A LENGTH OF ABOUT 50MTRS. THE THREE BLOCKS ARE IN LINE BROADSIDE TO BROADSIDE AND ORIETATED 174/354DEGS. (ORDNANCE SURVEY AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY 73/137 DTD 16.5.73 FOR PHOTOPLOT PG PG 1428-LP1). 3.7.80 COVERED BY LEGEND: 'OBSTRUCTION - SEE NOTE' ON NCS 35, 2165. 27.8.92 STERN & BOWS CUT OFF & REMOVED. REMAINING SECTIONS VISIBLE AT LOW WATER. (DIVE SCAPA FLOW, WKS OF SCAPA FLOW). 5.10.10 LOCATED IN 5852.2032N, 0254.9179W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 1.1MTRS. (FATHOMS LTD, POST SDC BATHY REPROCESSING). DATA NOISY AND COVERAGE POOR. AMEND POSN. COVERED BY LEGEND: 'OBSTRUCTIONS'. NCA. SEP 2022/000015366 7.4.22 EXAM'D BY BDC WRECK LOCATED IN 5852.240N, 0254.921W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 0.24MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 5.9MTRS. LENGTH 74MTRS, WIDTH 14MTRS, HT 5.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 176DEGS.(ORKNEY ISLANDS COUNCIL SURVEY,12.10.2019, H525). NFA. AMEND TO WRECK DEPTH 0.24MTRS. RETAIN POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Covered by Legend Obstructions

Position: 58 52.203 N,2 54.918 W

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