This is the information page about the shipwreck Scotia (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 38.639 N,0 43.601 E (53.5741333, 0.7815167)
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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: SCOTIA (POSSIBLY)
Year of registration: 1918
Water depth above wreck: 27 meter, Height above seabed: 5 cm
Known since: 1918, last detected: 20161030
Details measurements/cartography: COLLISION TOOK PLACE 20 MILES E X N OF SPURN LTV. (GRIMSBY LOSS LIST). POSN 533736N, 004736E APPROX. H4465/81 18.11.83 EXAM'D 23.2.83 IN 533837N, 004342E [OGB] USING HYPERFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 24.7 IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 1.7MTRS, LENGTH 12MTRS. APPARENTLY UPRIGHT, LYING 020/200 DEGS, WITH SHOALEST POINT MIDSHIPS. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 74). BR STD. 3.9.90 DIVED ON AND IDENTIFIED AS A TRAWLER. A SECOND TRAWLER WK LIES ABOUT 400YDS SW OF THIS WK. (M OXLADE, TELECON 31.8.90). [9091] QV. 2.3.15 LOCATED IN 5338.640N, 0043.602E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 24.1MTRS. LENGTH 25MTRS, WIDTH 6MTRS, HT 2.5MTRS. (CEFAS, SILVER PIT SURVEY 2014, BDC EXAMINATION OF DATA). INTACT, UPRIGHT, BOWS N. BOILER & ENGINE CLEAR IN IMAGE. COLLISION DAMAGE ON PORT BOW. NFS. AMEND DEPTH 24MTRS. SEP 2016/000091757 11.5.17 EXAM'D 30.10.16 IN 5338.639N, 0043.601E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 24.49MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS, LENGTH 24.5MTRS, WIDTH 6.5MTRS, HEIGHT 2.4MTRS, ORIENTATION 005/185 DEGS. WRECK IS LARGELY INTACT, A STRONG SWATHE SIGNAL WAS DETECTED. (GARDLINE, HI 1492). AMEND DW 24MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 53 38.639 N,0 43.601 E