This is the information page about the shipwreck Pitstruan (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 27.908 N,2 59.592 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.

 

1. Andrias
2. Athenic
3. Avra (possibly)
4. Ben barvas
5. Benachie
6. Bettina danica
7. Bountiful
8. Carisbrook (possibly)
9. Challenger
10. Clan mackinlay
11. Comet (probably)
12. Copeland
13. Corinthia (stern section)
14. Croma
15. Dromara
16. Duna
17. Empire citizen
18. Empire parsons (possiby)
19. Freya (part of)(possibly)
20. Freya (possibly)
21. Fulmar (possibly)
22. Glen loth
23. Gunnaren
24. Hessen
25. Hms narborough
26. Hms opal
27. Hms sword dance
28. Huntingdon
29. Intrepid ii
30. Invader
31. Johanna thorden
32. Kathe niederkirchner
33. Llanishen (probably)
34. Moray
35. Neptune
36. Pennsylvania
37. Pitstruan (probably)
38. Prolific
39. Rein (possibly)
40. Rfa isleford
41. Rosebank (possibly)
42. Sandsend
43. Sound fisher
44. Stellatus
45. Sunbeam
46. Tern 1
47. Thunfisch
48. U 18 (probably)
49. V 81

 

Name: PITSTRUAN (PROBABLY)

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 56 meter, Height above seabed: 303 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20210713

Details measurements/cartography: POSN 582830N, 025630W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H3875/26 18.6.26 INS AS NDWPA (1917). BR STD. H1357/62 27.3.62 AMEND TO NDWPA. NC 1942. H2336/84 19.3.86 EXAM'D 8.10.85 IN 582755N, 025929W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 51 IN GEN DEPTH 56-57MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 4.4MTRS, LENGTH 43MTRS. LYING 110/290DEG, APPARENTLY BROKEN UP IN TWO MAIN PARTS, WITH FURTHER SMALL AMOUNT OF WRECKAGE, HEIGHT 1.8MTRS, 70MTRS S OF MAIN WK. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 246). AMEND TO WK 51MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/14 5.8.99 DIVED IN 5827.90N, 0259.55W [WGD] USING GPS. APPEARS TO BE THE WRECK OF AN ARMED STEAM TRAWLER. WELL BROKEN UP AND LYING IN WHAT SEEMS TO BE TWO PIECES. THERE IS A SMALL DECK GUN LYING ADJACENT TO THE BOILER AND THE BOW SECTION IS GENERALLY FLAT. THE AFT OF THE BOILER IS A TANGLE OF ENGINE REMAINS AND CONDENSER PIPES BEFORE A FUTHER PIECE OF HULL BECOMES APPARENT. SEABED FINE SAND. STANDS PROUD BY 4MTRS MAXIMUM. (J LEIGH/B HUMBY, LTR DTD 24.7.88). NCA. RSDRA2022000131756 23.12.22 EXAM'D 13.7.21; IN 5827.908N, 0259.592W [WGD]. LEAST W/C DEPTH 51.58MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 56MTRS. LENGTH 38.1MTRS. WIDTH 10.7MTRS, HEIGHT 4.6MTRS. ORIENTATION 123/303 DEGS. PARTIALLY INTACT WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE WRECK COVERED. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI1710 - H525-1210). RETAIN NDW 51MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 58 27.908 N,2 59.592 W

 

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