This is the information page about the shipwreck Salvestria, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 4.046 N,3 4.87 W (56.019716666667, -3.1120833333333)

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: SALVESTRIA

Length 152.4 meter, width: 18.9 meter, draught: 10.7, tonnage 11938 ton
Load: flammable liquids and gases,oil

Cause: mined on passage aruba for grangemouth. ex- cardiganshire, built 1913 by workman, clark & co., belfast. owned at time of loss by christian salvesen's south georgia co. 10 of 57 crew lost. photos of vessel. (shipwrecks of forth & tay, b baird)

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 18 meter

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2009

Details measurements/cartography: H0706/40 12.8.40 DW IN 560400N, 030500W. 042DEGS, 2.75M FROM INCHKEETH LT, MARKED BY LT BUOY 100DEGS, 1C FROM WK. (ROSYTH DOCKYARD OFFICER). - FNM 1964/40 & TFNM 2014/40. H076/40 19.12.41 G CONL BUOY LAID IN PLACE OF LT BUOY. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).

- NM 3020/41. H0706/40 2.8.43 NOW CHARTED AS DW (MASTS & COWLS) IN 560400N, 030450W APPROX. BUOY WITHDRAWN. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED)

- NM1637/43. H0706/40 21.1.46 G CONL LT BUOY LAID 045DEGS, 2.79M FROM INCHKEETH LT. (NLB EDINBURGH22/230/45).

- NM 73/46. H0706/40 6.12.50 WK 48FT IN 560403N, 030447W [OGB]. BUOY WITHDRAWN. (NLB NM 33/50).

- NM 2341/50. H454/67 30.6.71 SALVAGE OPS DIVERS DURING SUMMER 1971. (FORTH PORTS AUTHORITY TNM 3.6.71). - TNM 1014/71. H454/67 19.7.72 SALVAGE OPS FOR NEXT 3 MONTHS FROM 46FT FISHING VESSEL. (FORTH PORTS AUTHORITY). - TNM 1406/72. 2.2.76 DURING PERIOD 15-22 APR '75, A LOT OF DEBRIS PROVIDING GOOD SONAR REFLECTIONS SCATTERED OVER FAIRLY LARGE AREA. NATIONAL GRID CO-ORDS SUPPLIED GIVING POSN 560404,8N, 030446.2W, USING DECCA & VISUAL TRANSITS. (INS. OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES REPORT NO.67 DTD 1.1.76). NCA. H1310/84/18 13.6.84 DIVED MAY 1984. NOW MOSTLY FLATTENED PLATES. HIGHEST POINTS 5MTRS. (W. MURNEY, 28.5.84).. 30.10.08 EUT POSN: 5604.046N, 0304.870W. NE 735. 27.4.10 STEAM ENGINE & CONDENSERS WERE SALVAGED BY WHITES OF BURNTISLAND AT END OF WW2. SALVAGE EFFORTS WITH EXPLOSIVES HAVE REDUCED WK TO A PILE OF SCRAP METAL, HIGHEST POINT STANDING 5MTRS OFF SANDY BOTTOM. (SHIPWRECKS OF THE FORTH & TAY, B BAIRD, PUBLISHED 2009)
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: MOSTLY FLATTENED PLATES

Position: 56 4.046 N,3 4.87 W

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