This is the information page about the shipwreck Quo vadis, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 59 48.938 N,1 8.382 W (60.10575, -1.0897166666667)
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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: QUO VADIS
Length 26.8 meter, width: 7 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 145 ton
Cause: vessel, capsized & sank 4m se of sumburgh head, shetlands. fishing nets still attached to wk. crew of ten safe. (lloyds vol.201).
Year of registration: 1970
Water depth above wreck: 110 meter, Height above seabed: 10 cm
Known since: 1970, last detected: 1985
Details measurements/cartography: H4473/70 14.9.70 H4473/70 14.9.70 SANK 4.5M SSE OF SUMBURGH HD IN 60-65FMS. (LLOYDS VOL.201 & LERWICK CG). PLOTS 120DEG 5.2M FROM SUMBURGH HD LT. INS AS NDW. BR STD. 4.7.78 4.7.78 AMEND TO USC 85MTRS. BR STD. H2073/82 29.9.83 H2073/82 29.9.83 LOCATED 8.8.83 IN 594854N, 010740W [OGB]. NOT FULLY INVESTIGATED. DCS3 HT 15MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 110MTRS. LYING 010/190DEGS. (NP 1008, DTD 3.9.83). AMEND TO WK 95MTRS. BR STD. H2334/84 18.12.85 H2334/84 18.12.85 EXAM'D 15.7.85 IN 594858N, 010816W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 99 IN GEN DEPTH 110MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 10.1MTRS, LENGTH 31MTRS, BEAM 7MTRS. LYING 010/190DEG. (NP 1008, HI 244). AMEND TO WK 99MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 59 48.938 N,1 8.382 W