This is the information page about the shipwreck Mim, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 59 20.973 N,2 22.369 W (59.308216666667, -2.5270666666667)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: MIM
Length 126.2 meter, width: 17.1 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 4996 ton
Load: wood: unprocessed and products
Cause: built in 1938 by flensburger schiffsbau ges. owned at time of loss by skibs a s skytteren. screw, oil engine of 973 nhp. passage adelaide for vaksdal. driven ashore in heavy weather & broke up on reef dyke, north ronaldsay. crew of 31 recovered. (sibi & dods).
Year of registration: 1939
Water depth above wreck: 5 meter
Known since: 1939, last detected: 2019
Details measurements/cartography: H7610/39 28.11.39 ST IN 592100N, 022216W APPROX [OGB], OR 125DEGS, 21C FROM FREE KIRK MANSE, RONALDSAY. (RECEIVER, KIRKWALL). INS AS ST PA
- NM 2633/69. HH268/460/03 30.9.94 WK NOT VISIBLE WHEN HT OF TIDE 1.6MTRS. (LT CDR N J BLAZEY, HN DTD 29.9.94). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 59 20.973 N,2 22.369 W