This is the information page about the shipwreck Scottish maiden, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 36 N,14 23 W (54.333333333333, -14.5)
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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: SCOTTISH MAIDEN
Length 129.5 meter, width: 17.4 meter, draught: 10.1, tonnage 6993 ton
Cause: built in 1921 by vickers ltd. owned at time of loss by tankers ltd. oil engine of 446nhp for 10 knots. torpedoed by u-99. 16 men lost. (dods & axis submarine successes).
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 2700 meter
Known since: 1940
Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 H01001/40 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 543600N, 142300W. 11.8.87 11.8.87 SINKING POSN AS ABOVE. (WW2SL & AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 54 36 N,14 23 W