This is the information page about the shipwreck Saltoun, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 38.912 N,0 14.841 E (53.56915, 0.0936)
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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: SALTOUN
Length 56.1 meter, width: 8.8 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 727 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined
Cause: Ex-princehage i. built in 1918 by nv schpw. mchf de klop, netherlands. owned at time of loss by g gibson & co ltd. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 60hp, single shaft. machinery by the builders. passage antwerp for grangemouth. cargo pig iron. sank following collision with s trawler prince leo.
Year of registration: 1927
Water depth above wreck: 16 meter, Height above seabed: 110 cm
Known since: 1927, last detected: 2013
Details measurements/cartography: H7329/27 8.11.27 DW IN POSN 259 DEGS 4.1M FROM KILNSEA BN, MARKED BY G CON LT BUOY, GPFLG, CLOSE E. (TH NM 77/27).
- NM 2042/27. H7329/27 11.4.28 DISPERSED TO LEAST DEPTH OF 42FT. LT BUOY REMOVED. (TH 10.4.28). AMEND TO WK 7 FMS, DELETE BUOY.
- NM 595/28. 1.2.74 AMEND TO WK 12.1MTRS [LAT]. NC 109. H3805/72 28.2.78 LOCATED 14.9.77 IN 533858.8N, 001458.2E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.8MTRS IN GEN. DEPTH 16MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTR. SONAR HT 1.3MTRS. LYING NNE/SSW. APPEARS BROKEN & PARTIALLY BURIED. (SOISS, HI 54/77 & HMS BILDESTON REPORT DTD 28.10.77). BR STD. H5084/77 19.3.80 EXAM'D 28.11.79 IN 533854N, 001453E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.6 IN GEN DEPTH 16MTRS. DCS3 HT 2.0MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTR DEEP. INTACT WK LYING 120/300 DEGS. LEAST DEPTH AT SE END. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 64/79). NCA. H1270/79 3.4.80 AMEND TO WK 14MTRS IN 533854N, 001453E. BR STD.. H1944/80 21.4.82 EXAM'D 11.6.81 IN 533854N, 001456E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.8 IN GEN DEPTH 15.8MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 2.27MTRS. V BROKEN UP, BUT UPRIGHT, LYING 110/290 DEGS, BOWS SE. SONAR LENGTH 74.4MTRS, BEAM 15.3MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 12). AMEND TO WK 13.5MTRS. BR STD. 5.9.13 EXAM'D 19.5.13 IN 5338.912N, 0014.841E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 14.48 IN GEN DEPTH 16.4MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 50.5MTRS, WIDTH 12.0MTRS, HT 1.92MTRS. LIES 120/300 DEGS WITH BOWS SE. UPRIGHT, WELL BROKEN. (NETSURVEY, HI 1401). SCOUR 1MTR DEEP EXTENDS SOME 10MTRS SW FROM WK. AMEND WK 14.4MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, BOWS SE, VERY BROKEN UP
Position: 53 38.912 N,0 14.841 E