This is the information page about the shipwreck Portugal, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 11.856 N,6 22.797 W (58.184183333333, -6.34595)

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: PORTUGAL

Year of registration: 1951

Water depth above wreck: 8 meter, Height above seabed: 79 cm

Known since: 1951, last detected: 20210317

Details measurements/cartography: H529/51 12.3.51 DW, MAST & FUNNEL SHOWING, WITH 2FG LTS ON MAST, IN 581207N, 062250W APPROX, OR 318DEGS, 5C FROM ARNISH PT LT. (HBR MASTER STORNOWAY, 26.2.51).

- NM 500/51. H529/51 1.6.51 LT ON WK EXTINGUISHED. G CAN BUOY, GPFL(2)G10S LAID CLOSE SE OF WK. (HBR MASTER STORNOWAY, 15.5.51).

- NM 1013/51. H3318/32 9.6.52 MASTS & FUNNEL NO LONGER VISIBLE. (HMS COOK, [E8395]).

- NM BLOCK 1331/52. H529/51 25.9.54 POSN NOW FOUL, LT BUOY REMOVED. (STORNOWAY PIER & HBR COMMISSIONERS).

- NM 2496/54. H2613/66 28.11.69 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK, 22FT, IN 581150N, 062250W, OR 318DEGS, 5.04C FROM ARNISH PT LT. (HNMS SNELLIUS, 27.10.69).

- NM 1877/69. H2438/76 2.3.76 EXAM'D IN 581153.2N, 062244.7W USING HSA. SOUNDED & INVESTIGATED BY DIVERS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 6.8 IN GEN DEPTH 9MTRS. SEABED MUD & FINE SAND. WK IS BROKEN UP & COAL CARGO DISPERSED. (HMS HERALD, HI 24/75). BR STD. 17.6.09 SHOWN IN 5811.863N, 0622.811W [EUT] ON 2529 [JUNE 09' EDN]. SEP 2019/000020223 21.2.19 WK LOCATED IN 5811.85N, 0622.79W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 7.740MTRS. NFS. (STORNOWAY PORT AUTHORITY A6250G SURVEY DTD 2017). RETAIN PREVIOUS DEPTH, POSN AMENDED. SEP 2021/000345369 21.12.21 WRECK LOCATED IN 5811.856N, 0622.797W [WGD] LEAST M/B DEPTH 7.7MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 8.5MTRS, LENGTH 58MTRS, WIDTH 21MTRS, HEIGHT 0.8MTRS, ORIENTATION 079/259DEGS. NFS. (H525.2 BY BDC 17.3.21, STORNOWAY PORT AUTHORITY A7592 SURVEY DTD 2021). RETAIN PREVIOUS DEPTH IN REVISED POSN. [RSDRA2023000238191] 06.10.23 WRECK RECOVERED. STORNOWAY PORT AUTHORITY NOTICE TO MARINERS 7/23. AMEND STATUS TO LIFTED.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN UP

Position: 58 11.856 N,6 22.797 W

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