This is the information page about the shipwreck Scotia, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 58.321 N,2 18.655 W (56.061683333333, -2.4954166666667)

 

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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.

 

1. Ardgour ii
2. Asta (probably)
3. Avondale park (possibly)
4. Ballochbuie (possibly)
5. Baron st jernblad
6. Bear
7. Boyne castle (possibly)
8. Captain
9. Cyclops
10. Gaslight (parts of)(possibly)
11. Gasray (part of)(possibly)
12. Glanmire
13. Halland (probably)
14. Harley (part of)(possibly)
15. Hms columba (probably)
16. Hms embley
17. Hms northumbria
18. Hms pathfinder
19. Hms strathrannock
20. Hmsm k17
21. Hmsm k4
22. Mallard
23. Nobelese
24. Odense
25. President
26. Primrose
27. Ptarmigan
28. River garry
29. Royal fusilier
30. Sabbia
31. Scotia
32. Sea hunter
33. Sneland 1
34. Storjen
35. U 74

 

Name: SCOTIA

Year of registration: 2006

Water depth above wreck: 42 meter, Height above seabed: 2 cm

Known since: 2006, last detected: 20200412

Details measurements/cartography: 4.12.07 DIVED 10.12.06 IN 5558.311N, 0218.654W [WGD] USING GPS. STANDS 4MTRS HIGH BY DEPTH GAUGE AND E/S. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 30MTRS, WIDTH 6MTRS, HT 4MTRS BY ESTIMATION. TIP OF BOW MISSING SO LEAVES A FOOT GAP AT BOW. DECK HAS DISAPPEARED LETTING EVERYTHING THAT WAS ON DECK FALL INTO THE HOLD, THUS THERE WAS A FRAMEWORK WITH A WINCH FWD INSIDE THE HULL. SMALL BOILER AFT. ON THE STERN WAS A LARGE DIAMETER (3MTR), SIX-SPOKED WHEEL, SAT UPRIGHT MIDSHIPS WITH A LARGE CRANK ATTACHED. CLOSE TO STBD WAS ANOTHER WHEEL SOME 1MTR IN DIAMETER, WITH A SHAFT LEADING AWAY FROM THE WRECK WHICH STOPPED AT A ?LUMP OF METAL. THE BUCKET SYSTEM WAS CLOSE STBD. BUCKETS SAY 1.5MTRS WIDE. THERE WAS A WHOLE PILE OF STUFF ON THE STBD SIDE BUT IT LOOKED LIKE MORE OF THE DREDGE SYSTEM. CINC REQUESTED. (DIVED BY J MCLEOD & M SINCLAIR, VIA I EASINGWOOD). INS AS WK 35MTRS. BR STD. 20.9.12 THIS IS SCOTIA. (DIVER MAGAZINE, OCT 2012). CINC DELETED. SEP 2021/000090526 1.4.21 EXAM'D 12.4.20 IN 5558.321N, 0218.655W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 38.93MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 42MTRS, LENGTH 32MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS, HT 3.1MTRS, ORIENTATION 002/182 DEGS. WK UPRIGHT WITH BOW MISSING. (MERITAITO, HI1591). AMEND NDW 38MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT/BOW MISSING, MACHINERY FALLEN INTO HULL

Position: 55 58.321 N,2 18.655 W

 

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