This is the information page about the shipwreck Rfa birchol, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 5.984 N,7 13.805 W (56.845766666667, -7.2305666666667)

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: RFA BIRCHOL

Length 67.1 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 2407 ton

Cause: ran ashore.

Year of registration: 1939

Water depth above wreck: 8 meter

Known since: 1939, last detected: 1985

Details measurements/cartography: ON RU MELVICH 357 DEGREES 6.75 MILES FROM TRIG PT. (AUTHORITY & DATA NOT KNOWN). H7923/39 18.12.39 INS AS ST IN 570546N, 071344W.

- NM 2843/39. 24.8.70 BEING OFFERED FOR TENDER. 9.10.70 SOLD TO ELLIOT & CO (DIVERS), HELENSBURGH. H3156/69 26.2.71 INVESTIGATED BY BOAT USING VISUAL & E/S. NO TRACE. ASSUMED DISPERSED. (HMS HECLA, HI53/70). DELETED. BR STD. H1286/75 19.8.75 WRECK BROKEN UP, REMAINS SCATTERED OVER LARGE AREA. EVIDENCE OF RECENT SALVAGE ATTEMPTS. (D SLOAN, LTR DTD 31.7.75). 28.10.76 NOT VISIBLE ON RAF AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY DATED 1971. (MS5 PHOT 28.10.76). H1309/75 7.8.84 POSN GIVEN AS 570600N, 071345W. ONLY A FEW PLATES AND PORTHOLE FOUND IN DEPTH OF ABOUT 7MTRS. MOST OF WK THOUGHT TO BE IN DEEPER WATER OFF RU MELVICK. (LT M J LAW, REME). H1310/85/9 6.3.85 DIVED ON IN 1984. BOWS OF WK LIE CLOSE INSHORE IN 3MTRS OF WATER AND THE STERN IS IN 14MTRS ON A SANDY BOTTOM. (P CAMILLA, 25.2.85).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 57 5.984 N,7 13.805 W

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