This is the information page about the shipwreck Procyon, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 40.838 N,1 37.508 W (57.4531, -1.7967)
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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: PROCYON
Length 33.7 meter, width: 6.6 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 195 ton
Cause: ex strathmartin. built in 1903 by hall, russel & co ltd. owned at time of loss by t davidson. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 64nhp, single shaft. passage aberdeen for fishing and return. sank following collision with icelandic trawler 'mai'. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1927
Water depth above wreck: 93 meter, Height above seabed: 20 cm
Known since: 1927, last detected: 2023
Details measurements/cartography: H8411/27 SUNK IN POSN 574200N, 013800W. 6.10.03 INS AS NDWPA. BR STD. HH091/155/01 - SEP 2010/000027978 20.1.10 EXAM'D 13.5.09 IN 5740.838N, 0137.508W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 88.89 IN GEN DEPTH 93.9MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP EXTENDS 2.4MTRS TOWARDS 040 DEGS. LENGTH 34MTRS, WIDTH 8.5MTRS, HT 5.1MTRS. LIES 020/200 DEGS WITH BOWS ENE. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT. (GARDLINE HYDRO, HI 1155). PROBABLY UPRIGHT. AMEND WK 88MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 25.7.23 WRECK SEEN ON SIDE SCAN SONAR. (OCEAN INFINITY, GEOPHYSICAL, GEOTECHNICAL AND ENVIRONMENT SITE INVESTIGATION DTD 5/12/23). OBS ADDED.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, BOWS NNE, ?UPRIGHT
Position: 57 40.838 N,1 37.508 W