This is the information page about the shipwreck Rfa isleford, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 26.42 N,3 3.992 W (58.499833333333, -3.0844166666667)

 

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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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Name: RFA ISLEFORD

Length 45.7 meter, width: 7.9 meter, tonnage 423 ton
Load: armament

Cause: 26.3.13 built in 1912 by ardrossan drydock & shipbuilding co ltd, ardrossan for messers mann, macneil & co, glasgow. triple expansion engine, single shaft. purchased by the admiralty 26.3.13 as an armaments stores carrier. passage lyness for invergordon. drifted ashore on n side of wick bay in heavy weather. 14 men & 1 gunner lost. (rfa website & sibi).

Year of registration: 1942

Water depth above wreck: 15 meter

Known since: 1942, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: H067/42 27.1.42 SMALL COASTER, PRESUMED SS ISLEFORD REPORTED SUNK WITH ALL HANDS UNDER NORTH HEAD, WICK. TOTAL LOSS. (RNO WICK, 25.1.42). H5855/53 24.11.53 WK IN 582629.5N, 030347.5W, OR 074DEGS, 4.75C FROM S PIER LT. (WICK HARBOUR TRUST). INS AS DW. H1506/59 18.3.59 WK NOT LOCATED. HARBOUR MASTER STATES VESSEL STARTED TO BREAK UP SOON AFTER SINKING AND WILL NOW HAVE BEEN POUNDED TO PIECES. (HMS SCOTT, ROS, 1958). BR STD. 12.9.91 CONCERN BEING EXPRESSED REGARDING CARGO OF THIS WK AND ATTEMPTS TO BE MADE TO RESTRICT DIVING ON IT. (D STALKER, TREASURY SOLICITORS, TELECON). HH266/470/01 13.12.91 FOUL GROUND DUE TO PRESENCE OF UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE IN AREA BOUNDED BY POSNS [OGB]: [A] 582629.5N, 030405.5W, [B] 582629.5N, 030343W, [C] 582623.5N, 030342.5W, [D] 582623.5N, 030357.5W. (HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE). CHART AS LEGEND FOUL GROUND (UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE) CENTRED ON 582626.5N, 030354W [OGB].

- NM 3598/91. HH266/470/02 9.7.92 CLEARANCE OPS BY RN CLEARANCE DIVING UNIT COMMENCED 30.6.92. EXPECTED TO LAST 2 WEEKS. (WICK HARBOUR TRUST NM, 26.6.92). HH266/470/02 5.8.92 CLEARANCE OPS CONDUCTED BETWEEN 30.6.92 AND 4.7.92 DURING WHICH A NUMBER OF 4.7" CARTRIDGE CASES, .303 ROUNDS, .50 CALIBRE AMMUNITION AND A DEPTH CHARGE WERE REMOVED. A 1000LB SOLID SHOT PROJECTILE WAS LOCATED BUT LEFT IN SITU. RECOMMEND LEGEND REMAIN UNCHANGED ON CHARTS BECAUSE FURTHER ORDNANCE MAY BE UNCOVERED IN THE FUTURE. (FOSNI, 13.7.92). 25.2.04 [EUT] POSN: 5826.420N, 0303.994W. NE 1462. 25.1.16 UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE AREA AMENDED TO [WGD] POSN'S; AREA BOUNDED BY; 5826.470N, 0304.183W; 5826.470N, 0303.808W; 5826.370N, 0303.801W AND 5826.369N, 0304.052W. (A HAWKINS SENIOR CARTOGRAPHER RT1(WEST),NE BA1462_A). RSDRA2022000131756 25.1.23 FOUL AREA REMAINS. (A2 SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, H525-911). NFA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ONLY DEBRIS REMAINS

Position: 58 26.42 N,3 3.992 W

 

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