This is the information page about the shipwreck Sapphire, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 36.783 N,1 25.008 W (57.455383333333, -1.6893333333333)

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: SAPPHIRE

Length 23.2 meter, width: 7 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 76 ton

Cause: built in 1987 in appledore. sank in heavy weather. of crew of five, one escaped through wheelhouse window and was rescued, other four missing. lifted and bodies of crew recovered in peterhead. later taken to sea with the intention of replacing hull on the seabed, however lifting strops broke and the vessel was dropped.

Year of registration: 1997

Water depth above wreck: 84 meter, Height above seabed: 108 cm

Known since: 1997, last detected: 2010

Details measurements/cartography: HH262/430/03 3.10.97 SANK IN 573400N, 012100W. (MRCC ABERDEEN, TLX DTD 1.10.97). INS AS USCPA 65MTRS. BR STD. HH260/400/03 24.10.97 LOCATED IN 573616N, 012325W [WGD]. EXAMINED BY ROV. LIES ON ITS SIDE IN A SMALL DEPRESSION, APPROX 4MTRS PROUD OF THE DEPRESSION BOTTOM, BUT ONLY 1MTR ABOVE THE GENERAL SEABED. THE WHOLE LENGTH OF THE VESSEL IS EXPOSED. VESSEL'S NAME POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED. (RACAL SURVEY LTD, FAX DTD 20.10.97). INS AS WK 80MTRS

- NM 4172/97. HH260/400/03 22.12.97 WK LIFTED BY 'TAKLIFT 7'. TAKEN INTO PETERHEAD TO ALLOW RECOVERY OF BODIES OF 4 CREW MEMBERS. LATER VESSEL TAKEN OUT TO SEA AND LOWERED TO SEABED. LIES IN 573647N, 012500.5W [WGD]. LIES WITH BOWS 288 DEGS. GEN DEPTH 84MTRS. (MRCC ABERDEEN, TLX DTD 15.12.97 AND RNW UNDATED MEMO). AS NO ATTITUDE INFORMATION INS AS USC 75MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 416/98. 17.6.98 ROCK DUMP COMPLETED IN APRIL/MAY 1998. COVER EXTENTS TO HEIGHT OF 12MTRS ABOVE SEABED IN VICINITY. (JOINT VENTURE TIDEWAY - WESTMINSTER REPORT DTD 12.5.98). AS PREVIOUS ROV REPORT NOTED THAT WK LAY IN 4MTR DEPRESSION, AMEND TO OBSTN 72MTRS. BR STD. HH091/155/01 15.1.10 NOT LOCATED BY M/B. (GARDLINE HYDRO, HI 1155). ROCK DUMPED. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WOODEN HULL

Position: 57 36.783 N,1 25.008 W

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