This is the information page about the shipwreck Numidian, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 53.657 N,2 53.91 W (58.894283, -2.898500)

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.

Name: NUMIDIAN

Year of registration: 1914

Water depth above wreck: 6 meter, Height above seabed: 105 cm

Known since: 1914, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: H1752/20 14.6.20 H1752/20 14.6.20 STF SHOWN IN 585340N, 025345W, OR 064DEGS, 5.5C FROM SKAILDAQUAY PT, HEADING 337DEGS ON SURVEY [C8009]. INS STF, HEADING 337DEGS, 064DEGS, 5.5CABLES FROM SKAILDAQUAY PT. BR STD. H5550/23 18.10.23 H5550/23 18.10.23 STF, HEADING 228DEGS, 064DEGS, 6.4C FROM SKAILDAQUAY PT. (KHM SCAPA FLOW). GIVES POSN 585342.5N, 025353.5W. AMEND STF TO HEADING 228DEGS, 064DEGS, 6.4C FROM SKAILDAQUAY PT ON 3729, & INS LEGEND 'CHANNEL PARTLY BLOCKED' AT W END OF KIRK SOUND ON 2180.

- NM 1647/23. H7308/56 13.5.59 H7308/56 13.5.59 INS CAUTION NOTE ON 35.

- NM 1924/58. H2496/72 14.3.72 H2496/72 14.3.72 STATED TO LIE 338DEGS, 3400FT FROM LAMB HOLM TRIG STN (61). HULL FULL OF STONES AND ROCKS. NO SUPERSTRUCTURE. TOP OF HULL NEVER LESS THAN 4FT BELOW WATER & STRONG ENOUGH TO LAST MANY YEARS. LIES APPROX E/W TO E OF GAMBHIRA, BUT IN SAME LINE PARALLEL TO THE SHORE. (UNDERMARINE OPERATIONS, 5.3.72). INS DWP ON 35. BR STD. 18.8.92 18.8.92 NOW A COMPLETE JUMBLE OF WRECKAGE. HULL ALMOST COMPLETELY REMOVED. LIES ABOUT 60MTRS S OF NW SIDE OF BARRIER. WRECKAGE COVERED IN KELP. BETWEEN BARRIER & WK ARE HUGE 12MTR LONG CYLINDRICAL SHEER LEGS OF THE BLOCK-LIFTING MECHANISM, WHICH WAS USED TO LIFT THE CONCRETE BLOCKS OF THE BARRIER INTO PLACE, AND WERE DUMPED AFTER USE. MAIN WRECKAGE IS MADE UP OF LAYERS OF COLLAPSED PLATING LYING AROUND ON THE SEABED, & NOT HAVING A RECOGNISABLE SHIP'S FORM. THE STONE BLOCKS USED TO SINK THE BLOCKSHIPS ARE VISIBLE. MANY LARGE GIRDERS & SPARS JUT UP FROM WRECKAGE & ARE COVERED IN MARINE GROWTH. (DIVE SCAPA FLOW - R. MACDONALD, 1990). 4.2.05 4.2.05 COVERED BY LEGEND: 'OBSTNS - SEE NOTE'. SEE [1273]. 5.10.10 5.10.10 EXAM'D IN 5853.6569N, 0253.9079W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 0.17MTR. (FATHOMS LTD, POST SDC BATHY REPROCESSING). LIES 100/280 DEGS. LENGTH APPROX 100MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. SMALLER PORTION APPARENTLY LIES CLOSE ESE. AMEND OBSTN 0.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2022/000015366 8.4.22 EXAM'D BY BDC WRECK LOCATED IN 5853.656N, 0253.909W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 0.58MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 6.5MTRS. LENGTH 103.8MTRS, WIDTH 17MTRS, HT 6.4MTRS, ORIENTATION 105DEGS.(ORKNEY ISLANDS COUNCIL SURVEY,12.10.2019, H525). NFA.AMEND INTO DW DEPTH 0.58MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 58 53.657 N,2 53.91 W

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