This is the information page about the shipwreck Matador, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 59.425 N,2 4.414 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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2. Archangel (possibly)
3. Archangel (possibly)
4. Assyrian
5. Athenia
6. Baku standard
7. Branksea (possibly)
8. Cairnie
9. Coastal emperor
10. Confield
11. Creemuir
12. Cushendall (part of)(possibly)
13. Emperor (possibly)
14. Empire brigade
15. Empire volunteer
16. Empress (part of)(possibly)
17. Fanad head
18. Geraldine mary
19. Glen tanar
20. Gogovale
21. Gowrie (possibly)
22. Greenawn (possibly)
23. Gunborg
24. Hedrun
25. Hedson
26. Hms broadwater
27. Hms gelsina
28. Hms nordhav ii (part of)(possibly)
29. Hms nordhav ii (possibly)
30. Hms repro (probably)
31. Hms yesso (probably)
32. Jamaica pioneer
33. James hall
34. King alfred
35. King idwal
36. Lh 308 (possibly)
37. Lowdock
38. Luffness
39. Matador
40. New dawn (possibly)
41. Niritos
42. Nora
43. Our merit (possibly)
44. Queensbury (possibly)
45. Ross khartoum
46. Rowanbank
47. Sandvik (possibly)
48. Shekatika
49. Sheriffmuir
50. Shirak
51. Silverburn
52. Soesterberg
53. St catherine (probably)
54. St clement (possibly)
55. Star of luxor
56. Sturdee
57. T6 (possibly)
58. Tanevik
59. Taurus (possibly)
60. Trebartha
61. Trevorian
62. Viking queen
63. Ville de hasselt
64. Wandby
65. Xmas rose

 

Name: MATADOR

Length 40.1 meter, width: 6 meter, draught: 2.9, tonnage 158 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: ex-yacht. built in 1879 of iron by j & g thompson, glasgow. owned at time of loss by p r boreditch & co. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 42nhp, single shaft. passage thurso for methil. abandoned in heavy weather off stonehaven and eventually foundered. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1924

Water depth above wreck: 50 meter, Height above seabed: 25 cm

Known since: 1924, last detected: 2010

Details measurements/cartography: H1192/67 25.4.67 LOCATED IN 565924N, 020422W [OGB] USING HIFIX/3 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 148FT IN GEN DEPTH 172FT. SCOUR DEPTH 175FT. DIFFICULT TO GET OVER EXCEPT UP TIDE. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 51/66). INS AS WK 24FMS. BR STD. 8.3.73 AMEND TO WK 45MTRS. NC 210. HH091/155/01 3.3.10 EXAM'D 13.8.09 IN 5659.425N, 0204.414W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 46.81 IN GEN DEPTH 50.6MTRS. SCOUR 11.2MTRS DEEP (SIC) EXTENDS 5MTRS TOWARDS 025 DEGS FROM NE END. LENGTH 59MTRS, WIDTH 14MTRS, HT 3.8MTRS. LIES 025.205 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT. (GARDLINE HYDRO, HI 1155). COLLAPSED, SCOUR ALL AROUND. AMEND WK 46MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2010/000097684 23.6.10 AMEND WK 46MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, COLLAPSED, SCOUR ALL AROUND WK

Position: 56 59.425 N,2 4.414 W

 

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