This is the information page about the shipwreck Prolific, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 31.18 N,2 48.654 W (58.43595, -2.5026666666667)

 

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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.

 

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Name: PROLIFIC

Length 17 meter, width: 5.4 meter, draught: 1.9, tonnage 50 ton

Cause: ex-benvic, ex-prolific. built in 1979 in new holland, england. owned at time of loss by w mcphee, wick. a steel-hulled scalloper. oil engine of 272bhp, single shaft. took water and sank. crew of 3 recovered. (aberdeen cg).

Year of registration: 2007

Water depth above wreck: 83 meter, Height above seabed: 171 cm

Known since: 2007, last detected: 20210802

Details measurements/cartography: SEP 2007/000077025 22.10.07 SANK IN 5931.10N, 0248.58W [WGD]. (ABDERDEEN CG, FAX DTD 21.10.07). INS AS WK USC 45MTRS.

- NM 5233/07. RSDRA2022000137295 22.11.22 EXAM'D 02.08.2021; IN 5831.180N, 0248.654W [WGD]. LEAST W/C DEPTH 72.22MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 83MTRS. LENGTH 16.03MTRS, WIDTH 6.69MTRS, HEIGHT 16.03MTRS, ORIENTATION 171/351 DEGS. INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI1709 - H525-70576). AMEND NDW 72MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT AND UPRIGHT

Position: 58 31.18 N,2 48.654 W

 

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