This is the information page about the shipwreck Polaris, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 59 9.027 N,0 12.949 W (59.15045, -0.21581666666667)
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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: POLARIS
Length 23.8 meter, width: 6 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 141 ton
Cause: ex-argonaut iii, ex-concorde. built in 1969 by jones of buckie. owned at time of loss by bck 102 ltd of buckie. took water and later sank. crew recovered.
Year of registration: 2001
Water depth above wreck: 140 meter
Known since: 2001
Details measurements/cartography: HH260/400/06 14.2.01 SANK IN 5909.046N, 0012.827W. HAD GEAR EXTENDED AT TIME OF SINKING. (MRCC ABERDEEN, TLX DTD 9.2.01). INS AS WK 120MTRS.
- NM 1225/01.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: WOODEN HULL
Position: 59 9.027 N,0 12.949 W