This is the information page about the shipwreck Moray, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 21.568 N,3 1.421 W (58.499833333333, -3.0844166666667)

 

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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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11. Fulmar (possibly)
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23. Rein (possibly)
24. Renown ii
25. Rfa isleford
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27. Sandsend
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30. Sunbeam
31. Sunbeam (possibly)
32. Tern 1
33. V 81

 

Name: MORAY

Length 49.2 meter, width: 7.3 meter, draught: 3.2, tonnage 438 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1889 by the grangemouth dockyard co of alloa. machinery by alley & maclellay of glasgow. owned at time of loss by w adam of burghead. single boiler, triple expansion engine of 60 hp, single screw. passage sunderland for burghead. cargo coal. foundered and lost in nw force 11.

Year of registration: 1959

Water depth above wreck: 71 meter, Height above seabed: 39 cm

Known since: 1959, last detected: 20210713

Details measurements/cartography: H818/59 10.2.59 INS NDWPA IN 582112N, 030424W. BR STD. 30.9.80 AMEND TO USCPA 50MTRS. NE 115. H2336/84 21.3.86 EXAM'D 10.10.85 IN 582135N, 030119W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 67 IN GEN DEPTH 71MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 4.2MTRS, LENGTH 33MTRS, BEAM 8MTRS. LYING UPRIGHT AND INTACT, ORIENTATED 040/220 DEG. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 246). AMEND TO WK 67MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT TO BE 'FREYA'. (QV). HH100/351/15 23.8.00 DIVED IN 5821.570N, 0301.418W [WGD] USING DGPS. DEPTH TO WK 68MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 71MTRS BY DEPTH GAUGE. LENGTH 45MTRS, WIDTH 6MTRS. HT BY DEPTH GAUGE 3MTRS. LIES 045/225 DEGS WITH BOWS TOWARDS 045 DEGS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP EXTENDS 45MTRS 045/225 DEGS. SEABED FINE SAND. INTACT WITH SLIGHT LIST TO PORT, NO DEBRIS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. BELL RECOVERED INSCRIBED 'MORAY'. ONLY MORAY KNOWN WAS LOST ON 17.11.1893. GENERAL POOR CONDITION OF THE METAL OF THE SHIP COULD BE FROM THAT AGE. BRIDGE TELEGRAPH ALSO LOCATED, WHICH WOULD BE UNLIKELY ON THE DIESEL POWERED FREYA. NO ENGINE OR BOILERS LOCATED AS THE SUPERSTRUCTURE HAS COLLAPSED INTO THE DECKING. DECKING COMPLETELY ROTTED AWAY. TWO LARGE WINCHES LIE TOWARDS THE BOW AND A CABIN ACCESS SHELTER DOORWAY STOOD JUST BACK FROM THE BOW. COMMERCIAL GUARD REQUESTED. (J LEIGH/B HUMBY, LTR DTD 15.8.00). NCA. 15.3.13 CINC DELETED. MORE THAT FIVE YEARS. RSDRA2022000131756 4.1.23 EXAM'D 13.7.21; LOCATED IN 5821.568N, 0301.421W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 68.04MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 71MTRS. LENGTH 36.6MTRS, WIDTH 8.2MTRS, HT 3.4MTRS. ORIENTATION 39/219 DEGS. WRECK UPRIGHT AND INTACT HOWEVER THE STRUCTURES ON THE TOP ARE INDISTINGUISHABLE. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI1710 - H525-906). AMEND NDW 68MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WRECK UPRIGHT AND INTACT HOWEVER, THE STRUCTURES ON THE TOP ARE INDISTINGUISHABLE

Position: 58 21.568 N,3 1.421 W

 

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