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 (58.844716666667, -3.1926833333333)

 

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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.

 

1. 090
2. Ac6
3. Almeria
4. Aorangi
5. Argyll
6. Atlantic (possibly)
7. Avra (possibly)
8. B 109 (part)
9. Bayern (turrets & wreckage)
10. Ben barvas
11. Benachie
12. Bettina danica
13. Bremse
14. Brummer
15. Busy bee (part of)
16. Carolina thornden
17. Carron
18. Charisma
19. Clio
20. Clio ii
21. Collingdoc
22. Copeland
23. Corinthia (stern section)
24. Cotovia (probably)
25. Croma
26. Daghestan (probably)
27. Danmark (after part)
28. Dresden
29. Duna
30. Edinboune
31. Elegance
32. Elton
33. Emerald wings
34. Empire parsons (possiby)
35. Empire seaman
36. Empire seaman
37. Energy
38. Excelsior
39. F2
40. Faro
41. Freesia
42. G101
43. G103
44. G104
45. Gartmore
46. Giralda (possibly)
47. Gondolier
48. Grosser kurfurst
49. Gunnaren
50. Hindenburg
51. Hmd chance
52. Hmd imbat
53. Hmd lustring
54. Hmd lustring
55. Hmd lustring
56. Hms albacore (bow section)
57. Hms dewey eve
58. Hms endeavour
59. Hms loch garry
60. Hms narborough
61. Hms opal
62. Hms roedean
63. Hms rose valley
64. Hms royal oak
65. Hms strathgarry
66. Hms vanguard
67. Hms zarefah
68. Ilsenstein
69. Invader
70. Irene
71. James barrie
72. Johanna thorden
73. Juanita
74. Juniata (fore part)
75. Jv 526
76. Jv 751
77. Kaiser
78. Kaiserin
79. Karlsruhe
80. Kathe niederkirchner
81. Koln
82. Konig
83. Kronprinz wilhelm
84. Lapland
85. Lizzie bain (possibly)
86. Loch maddy (bow section) (probably)
87. Loch maddy (stern section)
88. Lorne
89. Lycia
90. Mara
91. Markgraf
92. Martis
93. Martis
94. Minieh
95. Naja (part of)
96. Napier star
97. Navena
98. Neptune
99. Numidian
100. Numidian
101. Ocean racer
102. Pennsylvania
103. Pinnace 288
104. Pinnace 744
105. Pontos
106. Prinzregent luitpold
107. Prudentia
108. Radiation
109. Reginald
110. Reinfield
111. Remus
112. Ros bui (?part of)(possibly)
113. Rosewood
114. S 36 (bow section)
115. Seydlitz
116. Skua flaes beacon
117. Sunbeam
118. Swiftsure
119. Tbf fn899
120. Teeswood
121. Tennessee
122. Thames
123. Thunfisch
124. U 18 (probably)
125. Ub 116
126. V 78 (part of)
127. V83
128. Yc 21

 

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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