This is the information page about the shipwreck Protesilaus (stern section)(p, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 22.206 N,7 15.536 W (56.533133333333, -7.4841833333333)

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: PROTESILAUS (STERN SECTION)(P

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 60 meter, Height above seabed: 65 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 1986

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK IN 562130N, 071500W, OR 295DEGS, 4.9M FROM SKERRYVORE. (LLOYDS). H1768/67 6.9.67 H1768/67 6.9.67 NOW CHARTED AS NDWPA. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 2722. H5898/69 6.1.70 H5898/69 6.1.70 WRECK LIES WITHIN THE 20FM LINE AREA EXTENDING FROM SKERRYVORE, WHERE THE SEABED IS SO EXTREMELY IRREGULAR THAT IT WAS NOT SWEPT BY SONAR. SEVERAL PINNACLES FOUND IN THIS AREA OF WHICH ONE COULD HAVE BEEN THIS WRECK. (HMS HECLA, ROS DTD 5.9.69). NCA. 18.10.72 18.10.72 NOW CHARTED AS USCPA 8FMS (14MTRS). (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 2722. H2352/84 13.1.86 H2352/84 13.1.86 LOCATED 25.9.85 IN 562213N, 071529W [OGB] BUT NOT FULLY EXAM'D. DCS3 HT 18MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 60MTRS. LENGTH ABOUT 26MTRS. LYING 065/245DEG APPROX. OUTSIDE SURVEY AREA, AND ACCURACY OF POSN +/-100MTRS. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, HI 262A). AMEND TO WK 42MTRS. BR STD. H3844/86/2 14.8.89 H3844/86/2 14.8.89 AREA 1000MTRS RADIUS AROUND CHARTED POSN EXAMINED USING DCS3. WK NOT FOUND. FOUR SONAR CONTACTS - ALL ROCK OUTCROPS - FOUND IN 562210N, 071535W; 562129N, 071554W; 562240N, 071541W; 562157N, 071628W. (HMS ROEBUCK, HI 363). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 56 22.206 N,7 15.536 W

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