This is the information page about the shipwreck River garry, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 59.842 N,2 25.063 W (56.061683333333, -2.4954166666667)
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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: RIVER GARRY
Length 73.2 meter, width: 10.1 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 1294 ton
Load: coal
Cause: built in 1883 by workman clark, belfast. owned at time of loss by h w little, glasgow. passage leith for london. cargo coal. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 99hp, single shaft. machinery by muir & houston, glasgow. foundered in a nne force 12 storm after being driven ashore. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1993
Water depth above wreck: 20 meter, Height above seabed: 183 cm
Known since: 1993, last detected: 20210620
Details measurements/cartography: HH100/351/06 14.4.93 WK OF RIVER GARRY DIVED ON AUG '89 IN 555949N, 022504W [OGB] USING GPS. IDENTIFIED BY BELL. LEAST E/S DEPTH 25 IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. WELL BROKEN UP WITH 2 BOILERS LYING TO STBD AND ENGINE TO PORT. (G WADSWORTH, 1.3.93). INS AS WK 25MTRS. BR STD. HH091/047/01 2.1.04 NOT LOCATED. (NP 1016, HI 1047). AMEND TO FOUL. BR STD. SEP 2021/000134234 30.6.21 EXAM'D 20.6.21; IN 5559.842N, 0225.063W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 17.32MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS, LENGTH 100MTRS, WIDTH 34MTRS, HT 2.9MTRS, ORIENTATION 183/003 DEGS. DEGRADED WK. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI1682 - H525-4234). AMEND TO DW 17.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 55 59.842 N,2 25.063 W