This is the information page about the shipwreck Muriel, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 32.102 N,1 44.24 W (57.4531, -1.7967)

 

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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
3. Archangel (possibly)
4. Archangel (possibly)
5. Atland
6. Audacious ii
7. Be ready
8. Bel lily
9. Belvoir castle (probably)
10. Ben tarbet
11. Cairnavon
12. Cairnmona
13. Cape york
14. Clan macphee
15. Constant star
16. Contender
17. Craig-gowan
18. Creekirk
19. Elle
20. Emperor (possibly)
21. Ennismore (possibly)
22. Eva
23. Faithful iii
24. Fiscus
25. Gunborg
26. Hms flotta (possibly)
27. Hms ormonde
28. Integrity
29. Jacqueline
30. Karemma
31. Kenordoc
32. La brea
33. Lloyd george
34. Lotos
35. Magician
36. Malmland
37. Maria w
38. Mercator (probably)
39. Muriel
40. Niritos
41. Norge
42. Ocean herald ii
43. Port denison
44. Procyon
45. Remuera
46. Ross khartoum
47. Roulette worker
48. Saint magnus
49. Santa catarina
50. Sedgepool
51. Snefjeld
52. Sovereign
53. St clement (possibly)
54. St fergus (possibly)
55. St fergus (possibly)
56. Trsat (probably)
57. U 1206 (probably)
58. Ville de hasselt
59. Windward ho (possibly)
60. Xenia
61. Zenith
62. Zitella

 

Name: MURIEL

Length 82.3 meter, width: 12.3 meter, draught: 5.6, tonnage 1831 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1898 by grangemouth dockyard co, grangemouth. owned at time of loss by orders & hanford ss co ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 185hp, single shaft. machinery by hutson & son, glasgow. passage the tyne for scapa flow. sank quickly after a loud explosion under the vessel, no submarine or torpedo track having been sighted. crew taken off by patrol vessel. no lives lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 46 meter, Height above seabed: 155 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2009

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 3.5 MILES ENE OF PETERHEAD SIGNAL STATION. H1734/59 6.4.59 LOCATED IN 573206N, 014407W [OGB] USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR AT 116FT, FOUL AT 122FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 118FT IN GEN DEPTH 158FT. DEPTH OF SCOUR 2FT. (HMS SCOTT, 5.9.58). INS AS WK 19FMS. BR STD. 10.6.74 AMEND TO SW 35MTRS. NC 213. HH091/155/01 19.1.10 SEP 2010/000027978 EXAM'D 15.6.09 IN 5732.102N, 0142.240W (SIC) [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 36.91 IN GEN DEPTH 46.7MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 88MTRS, WIDTH 19MTRS, HT 9.8MTRS. LIES 155/335 DEGS WITH BOW SE. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SE 40MTRS OF WK COLLAPSED. (GARDLINE HYDRO, HI 1155). LONGITUDE GIVEN AS 0144.240E IN ROS. AMEND WK 36MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/16 21.8.00 DIVED IN 5732.090N, 0144.235W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 41 IN GEN DEPTH 42MTRS. LENGTH 85-90MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS. STANDS 5MTRS HIGH BY DEPTH GAUGE. MODERATE SONAR SIGNAL STRENGTH. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP EXTENDS 90MTRS TOWARDS 180 DEGS. DEBRIS EXTENDS 45MTRS TOWARDS 180 DEGS. SEABED SMALL ROCKS, GRAVEL AND BROKEN SHELLS. WK LIES IN ONE PIECE BUT THE BOWS ARE TOTALLY FLATTENED FWD OF THE TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE. THEIR OUTLINE IS, HOWEVER, CLEAR. THE TWO LARGE BOILERS LIE FWD OF THE ENGINE BUT ON THE SEABED. STERN SECTION IS UPRIGHT AND COMPLETELY INTACT WITH REMNANTS OF THE CARGO OF COAL IN PLACE. GUN (?12 POUNDER) MOUNTED ON THE STERN BUT NO SHELL CASES. NUMEROUS .303 BULLETS LYING ALL OVER THE STERN SECTION. RUDDER AND STEEL PROP INTACT. COMMERCIAL GUARD REQUESTED. (J LEIGH/B HUMBY, LTR DTD 15.8.00). AMEND POSN. BR STD. 15.3.13 CINC DELETED. MORE THAT FIVE YEARS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BOWS SE

Position: 57 32.102 N,1 44.24 W

 

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