This is the information page about the shipwreck Northern venture, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 60 41.124 N,0 43.873 W (60.42445, -0.72313333333333)
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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: NORTHERN VENTURE
Length 24.4 meter, width: 6.7 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 62 ton
Cause: sprang leak after heavy timber picked up in fishing gear stove in hull planking. coastguard pumps put aboard but abandoned by crew when pumps proved inadequate. later sank.
Year of registration: 1993
Water depth above wreck: 80 meter
Known since: 1993, last detected: 2004
Details measurements/cartography: HH270/410/03 27.4.93 SANK IN 604109.5N, 004345W [OGB]. (MRSC SHETLAND, TLX DTD 24.4.93). NCA. HH270/430/02 4.5.93 SANK IN 604109.5N, 004345W, APPROX. (LL 26.4.93). INS AS NDW. BR STD. 1.9.93 PHOTOGRAPHS OF VESSEL SINKING INDICATE KEEL TO MASTHEAD HEIGHT OF ABOUT 18MTRS. (COASTGUARD MAGAZINE, JULY '93). AMEND TO USCPA 60MTRS. BR STD. 20.10.04 RECORD REVIEWED. AMEND WK 60MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 60 41.124 N,0 43.873 W