This is the information page about the shipwreck Seniority, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 57.561 N,7 24.802 W (56.845766666667, -7.2305666666667)

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: SENIORITY

Length 96 meter, width: 14 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 2895 ton

Cause: stranded on barra island and later sank.

Year of registration: 1950

Water depth above wreck: 19 meter, Height above seabed: 50 cm

Known since: 1950, last detected: 2012

Details measurements/cartography: H7382/50 20.11.50 H7382/50 20.11.50 SANK IN 565700N, 072530W, IN 9FMS. (CG DUNTULM, 9.11.50). H7382/50 9.1.51 H7382/50 9.1.51 POSN NOW 565748N, 072448W. (MIN OF TRANSPORT, WR, 1950). INS AS DW.

- NM 2550/50. H1310/85/9 6.3.85 H1310/85/9 6.3.85 AREA IN VICINITY OF THIS CHARTED POSN SEARCHED USING E/S AND ALSO BY U/W SWIMMING. NOTHING FOUND. (P CAMILLI, 25.2.85) NCA YET. HH100/351/08 14.9.94 HH100/351/08 14.9.94 DIVED ON AND FOUND TO BE VERY BROKEN UP WITH THE BOW AND BOILERS BEING THE ONLY RECOGNISABLE FEATURES. (RAF EXPED `WHISKY GALORE' 31.8.94). NCA. 12.3.13 12.3.13 EXAM'D 21.11.12 IN 5657.580N, 0724.772W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 10.87 IN GEN DEPTH 19.4MTRS. LEAST W/C DEPTH 9.88MTRS. SCOUR 1.2MTRS DEEP ALONG N SIDE OF WK. LENGTH 100MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS, HT 6.6MTRS. LIES 050/230 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT. (EMU LTD, HI 1324). BOWS NE. VERY BROKEN UP. 12.4.13 12.4.13 LEAST M/B DEPTH 10.64 IN 5657.543N, 0724.837W [WGD]. (SDC BATHY, REPROCESSING). AMEND WK 9.8MTRS IN MEAN POSN 5657.561N, 0724.802W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN UP, BOW/BOILERS REMAIN, BOWS NE

Position: 56 57.561 N,7 24.802 W

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