This is the information page about the shipwreck Menck, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 17.637 N,5 46.573 W (55.27305, -5.5877166666667)

 

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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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7. Falcon
8. Foxy lady
9. Glenhead
10. Hms adept (possibly)
11. Hms breda
12. Hms duchess (probably)
13. Kestiel (possibly)
14. Lairdscastle (probably)
15. Lupina
16. Menck
17. Middleton (probably)
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19. Ospray ii
20. Perelle (possibly)
21. Quesada (possibly)
22. Quesada (possibly)
23. Saint ronaig
24. St conan
25. Taymouth castle
26. U 776
27. Ub-85 / ub-82?
28. Wilmere (probably)

 

Name: MENCK

Length 26.8 meter, width: 11.9 meter, draught: 2.4

Cause: washed ashore after being cast adrift when tug, duke of normandy, broke down. (c g oban).

Year of registration: 1977

Water depth above wreck: -1 meter

Known since: 1977, last detected: 2012

Details measurements/cartography: WASHED ASHORE AFTER BEING CAST ADRIFT WHEN TUG, DUKE OF NORMANDY, BROKE DOWN. ASHORE 1 MILE E OF MULL OF KINTYRE LT. OWNERS INVESTIGATING. (C G OBAN) H2579/76 18.11.77 LOCATED ASHORE 1 MILE E FROM MULL OF KINTYRE LT. GROUNDING POSN GIVEN AS 551740N, 054700W. (CG OBAN, TLXS 27/28.9.77). NCA. H2885/83 29.1.85 WRECKAGE SIGHTED ABOVE THE HW LINE DURING SURVEY. NO FURTHER INVESTIGATION CARRIED OUT. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 165A). NCA. 13.3.13 SHOWN IN 5517.637N, 0546.573W [WGD] ON GOOGLE EARTH. 13.3.13 OBSERVED TO LIE ABOVE HW LINE AND TO HAVE DECAYED SIGNIFICANTLY. (NETSURVEY, HI 1355).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: DEBRIS FROM UNPOWERED BARGE

Position: 55 17.637 N,5 46.573 W

 

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