This is the information page about the shipwreck Remus, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 50.591 N,2 45.393 W (58.832933333333, -2.4683333333333)

 

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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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33. Gartmore
34. Giralda (possibly)
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36. Gunnaren
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39. Hmd lustring
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66. Martis
67. Minieh
68. Naja (part of)
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71. Neptune
72. Numidian
73. Numidian
74. Ocean racer
75. Pontos
76. Radiation
77. Reginald
78. Reinfield
79. Remus
80. Ros bui (?part of)(possibly)
81. Rosewood
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84. Sunbeam
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90. Tern 1
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92. Thunfisch
93. U 18 (probably)
94. U 53

 

Name: REMUS

Length 67.4 meter, width: 10.4 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 1079 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1908 by j fullerton & co, paisley. owned at time of loss by g b wadsworth of goole. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 163 hp, single shaft. machinery aft by ross & duncan of glasgow. armed with one 3.5 inch gun. torpedoed & sunk by dc-59 6m ssw of copinsay, orkney. five men lost. (sibi) 23.4.07 vessel struck a mine laid by uc 59, she was not torpedoed. (k heath, e-mail dtd 23.4.07)

Year of registration: 1972

Water depth above wreck: 58 meter, Height above seabed: 28 cm

Known since: 2006, last detected: 2008

Details measurements/cartography: 16.8.72 16.8.72 SINKING POSN 6M SSW OF COPINSAY. (WW1SL). GIVES POSN APPROX 584825N, 024430W IN GEN DEPTH 60MTRS. NCA. 2.9.92 2.9.92 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 585000N, 024200W. (LL WW1). NCA. FOR FILING ONLY. HH091/137/01 30.3.07 HH091/137/01 30.3.07 EXAM'D 12.8.06 IN 5850.5914N, 0245.3927W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 53.14 IN GEN DEPTH 58.2MTRS. SCOUR 1.9MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 11MTRS TOWARDS 300 DEGS. LENGTH 68.6MTRS, WIDTH 12.5MTRS, HT 4.5MTRS. LIES 028/208 DEGS WITH BOWS TOWARDS 028 DEGS. INTACT. HAS A BUILD-UP OF SAND TO THE SE AND THE SCOUR TO THE NW. HIGHEST POINT IS AT THE STERN. THREE OTHER CONTACTS IN THE CLOSE VICINITY WHICH APPEAR TO BE ROCK OUTROPS. (NETSURVEY LTD, HI 1137). INS AS WK 53MTRS. BR STD. 18.4.07 18.4.07 ALMOSTLY CERTAINLY THIS IS THE 'REMUS'. (K HEATH, TELECON 18.4.07). 27.5.08 27.5.08 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. BOWS ARE INVERTED AND STERN UPRIGHT. TWO BOILERS WITH ENGINE THE HIGHEST PART. ENGINE AT STERN ASSISTED WITH CONFIRMATION. (K HEATH, TELECON 22.5.08). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BOWS NE & INVERTED, STERN UPRIGHT, ROCKS NEARBY

Position: 58 50.591 N,2 45.393 W

 

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