This is the information page about the shipwreck Pontos, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 50.377 N,2 54.18 W (58.839617, -2.903000)

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: PONTOS

Year of registration: 1914

Water depth above wreck: 10 meter, Height above seabed: 43 cm

Known since: 1914, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H2496/72 14.3.72 POSN 585022N, 025410W, 196.5DEG, 2600FT FROM SPOT HEIGHT (107) ON BURRAY. ENTIRE HULL INTACT WITH BOWS TOWARDS BEACH. ABOUT 8FT HIGH AT HW, DAVIT AFT SHOWS AT HW. AT LW ALL SHIP SHOWS. FORWARD SUPERSTRUCTURE THERE BUT BRIDGE COLLAPSED. BIG GASH MIDSHIPS. HOLDS HAVE LAYER OF CONCRETE AND ROCKS WHICH MAKES WK VERY STRONG. PROPELLER AND SHAFT SUBMERGED. STERN RUNS INTO CLIO. TWO MASTS INTACT. (UNDERMARINE OPERATIONS, 5.3.72). INS AS STF (MASTS). BR STD. H1270/76 9.3.76 LARGE PORTION OF HULK VISIBLE ABOVE THE LEVEL OF MLW. STERN IS EITHER BELOW WATER LEVEL OR HAS BEEN BROKEN OFF. PORTION ABOVE WATER IS ABOUT 85MTRS LONG. ORIENTATED 043.5/223.5DEG. POSN 585024.1N, 025405.0W. THIS WRECK COINCIDES WITH POSN OF WRECK 'PONTOS' ON SURVEY [E8535/5]. (ORDNANCE SURVEY AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY 73/137 DTD 16.5.73 FOR PHOTOPLOT PG 1482-LP1) 19.8.80 COVERED BY 'BLOCKSHIPS SEE NOTE' LEGEND ON NE 2162. 1.9.92 LIES 12MTRS OFF SE END OF BARRIER. CLEARLY VISIBLE, THE FORWARD SECTION OF HULL WITH DISTICTIVE TALL MAST STILL STANDING. TWO EMPTY LIFEBOAT DAVITS CAN BE SEEN JUST AFT OF THE MAST. WELL CORRODED BUT SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT. (DIVE SCAPA FLOW).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Covered by Legend (Underwater obstns)

Position: 58 50.377 N,2 54.18 W

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