This is the information page about the shipwreck Quillota, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 53.153 N,1 21.138 W (54.93705, -1.1630333333333)
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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: QUILLOTA
Length 70.5 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 6.6, tonnage 1335 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: ex-brahmin. built in 1876 of iron by r steelle & co, greenock. owned at time of loss by a d bordes & sons, dunkirk. a fulled rigged ship. passage nantes for north shields. in ballast. stranded and lost in ene force 10. 17 lost.
Year of registration: 1998
Water depth above wreck: 4 meter, Height above seabed: 5 cm
Known since: 1998, last detected: 2001
Details measurements/cartography: HH090/796/01 12.1.99 HH090/796/01 12.1.99 EXAM'D 14.8.98 IN 545309.2N, 012108.3W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 1.2, FOUL 1.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 2.7 IN GEN DEPTH 4.0MTRS. NO SCOUR, DCS3 HT 2.1MTRS. LENGTH 63MTRS, WIDTH 24MTRS. LIES 005/185DEGS. SEVERAL LINEAR CONTACTS. POSSIBLY BROKEN WK WITH ASSOCIATED DEBRIS. (GARDLINE, HI 796). INS AS SW 1.2MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/17 29.8.01 HH100/351/17 29.8.01 DIVED BY I SPOKES IN LISTED POSN. ALTHOUGH NOTHING POSITIVE FOUND TO CONFIRM IDENTITY, WK IS IN POSN WHERE SHIP WAS LOST IN GREAT STORM OF 12.11.1901. NO SIGNS OF BOILERS, ENGINES, ETC, BUT FULL OUTLINE OF THE SHIP IS THERE. IRON PLATES AND RIBS, WOODEN BLOCKS, MASSES OF HUGE WOODEN DECK TIMBERS, WOODEN YARDS FROM SQUARE SAILS AND BROKEN SECTIONS OF HOLLOW IRON MASTS. BOWS FACE N AND ARE A LITTLE SEPARATE FROM THE MAIN PART. REPORTED AS BEING VERY LARGE AND LYING NNW/SSE. (R YOUNG, EMAIL DTD 27.8.01). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN REMAINS OF IRON HULLED SV, BOWS N
Position: 54 53.153 N,1 21.138 W