This is the information page about the shipwreck San tiburcio, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 46.536 N,3 45.589 W (57.7756, -3.7598166666667)

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: SAN TIBURCIO

Length 125.9 meter, width: 16.2 meter, draught: 9.4, tonnage 5995 ton
Load: flammable liquids and gases,aircraft

Cause: mined. broke in two and sank within 45 minutes of the explosion. passage scapa flow for invergordon. crew of 40 recovered. (ll ww2).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 29 meter, Height above seabed: 153 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H0438/40 18.5.40 GREEN DAN BUOY LAID 500YDS NE OF WK. (AUTHORITY NOT KNOWN). INS AS DW. - FNM 1196/40. H0162/40 26.8.40 AMEND POSN. - FNM 2110/40. H0438/40 23.12.43 INS G CON BUOY, GP FL (3) G 15 SEC.

- NM 2745/43. H0438/40 23.2.44 AMEND PERIOD OF LT TO 30 SEC.

- NM 403/44. H4697/55 20.10.55 AMEND POSN OF LT BUOY. (HMS CALTON, HN). BR STD. H0438/40 3.1.58 AMEND TO WK 9FMS 2FT, WITH G CON LT BUOY GP FL (3) G, 30 SEC, CLOSE WSW IN 173 DEGS TARBET NESS LT 5.4 MILES. (DIVING SURVEY).

- NM 3068/57. H0438/40 6.5.58 BUOY TO BE WITHDRAWN. AWAIT FURTHER NOTICE. (NLB NM 13/58).

- NM 1418/58. H454/67 10.8.76 EXAM'D 29.5.75 IN 574634N, 034532W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 19.1, FOUL AT 19.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.2 IN GEN DEPTH 30.7MTRS. 175MTRS LONG, LYING 022/202 DEG. EXCELLENT DCS3 TRACE SHOWS WK LYING IN TWO SECTIONS AT RIGHT ANGLES TO EACH. DIVER REPORTS WK IS ON ITS SIDE. SWEEPING ATTEMPT WAS INCONCLUSIVE DUE VERY WEAK TIDAL STREAM BUT CONSIDER CAN BE ACCEPTED WHEN E/S AND DIVING REPORT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT. (HMS ECHO, HI 80/75). AMEND TO SW 19.1MTRS. BR STD. H1310/81/9 12.6.81 REPORTED TO BE A LARGE WK, BROKEN IN TWO JUST AFT OF MIDSHIPS. HEADING NNE. LEAST DEPTH FOUND WHILE DIVING 22MTRS (BELOW CD) IN GENERAL DEPTH 33MTRS. (H W WILLIAMS, 5.6.81). NCA. H1310/84/25 6.8.84 REGULARLY DIVED UPON. (T JONES, 27.7.84). NOW BELONGS TO PETERHEAD WASTE METAL CO. 1.11.84 HIGHEST PART OF WK STANDS 16MTRS ABOVE SEABED. (TELECON T JONES). 21.12.84 LIES UPRIGHT IN 3 PARTS, WITH ABOUT 60YDS BETWEEN EACH SECTION. DIVERS REPORT THAT OIL TANKS ARE STILL FULL. (B GREIG, TELECON). H1310/85/39 11.11.85 WK HAS STARTED TO BREAK UP OVER PAST YEAR. STILL UPRIGHT AND IN 2 PIECES. (M R MARLE, 17.10.85). HH100/351/01 28.8.89 LIES IN TWO SEPARATE SECTIONS UPRIGHT ON SEABED. BOW SECTION ABOUT 160FT LONG LIES N/S WITH BOW S AND STERN SECTION IS ALMOST AT RIGHT ANGLES TO BOW, ABOUT 30MTRS AWAY. WK IS DECAYING FAIRLY RAPIDLY. RN TEAM RECENTLY REMOVED GUN USING EXPLOSIVES AND THIS LEAD TO A LARGE AMOUNT OF OIL LEAKING FROM STERN SECTION PRESUMABLY FROM ENGINE FUEL TANKS AS CARGO TANKS ARE EMPTY. OIL TANK HATCHES IN FOR'D SECTION ALSO BLOWN OFF AND THESE TANKS NOW EMPTY. A FAIR NUMBER OF SHELL HEADS/PROJECTILES, AT LEAST 20 SEEN, REMAIN IN VICINITY OF GUN MOUNTING AND THESE CONSIDERED BY ORDNANCE DISPOSAL EXPERT TO BE VERY DANGEROUS IF REMOVED FROM THE WATER. (SGT J LEIGH, RAF KINLOSS, 10.8.89). HH100351/07 10.6.93 HWK IS NOW STARTING TO COLLAPSE. BOW SECTION SUPERSTRUCTURE IS RAPIDLY FALLING IN AND HULL PLATES ARE FALLING OFF. CENTRE OF WK IS IN 574632.5N, 034535W [WGD] USING GPS. SMALL AMOUNT OF OIL STILL LEAKING. (J LEIGH, 27.4.93). NCA. SEP 2020/000300180 6.3.20 EXAM’D 6.3.20 IN 5746.536N, 0345.589W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 20.07MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS. LENGTH 72MTRS (BOW): 62MTRS (STERN), WIDTH 20MTRS, HT 14MTRS. ORIENTATION 153/333 DEGS(BOW); 043/223 DEGS (STERN). UPRIGHT IN 2 SECTIONS AT RIGHT ANGLES. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1582). AMEND DW 20MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT WRECK IN 2 SECTIONS AT RT ANGLES

Position: 57 46.536 N,3 45.589 W

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