Wreck: Shuna (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Shuna, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 33.389 N,5 54.864 W (56.49875, -5.6916)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: SHUNA
Length 73.5 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1426 ton
Load: coal
Cause: 8.5.13 built in 1909 by a vuijk & zonan in the netherlands. owned at time of loss by scandanavian shipping. one boiler, triple expansion engine, single shaft. machinery by g t grey, holbourn works, south shields. passage glasgow for gothenburg. while seeking shelter from heavy weather struck grey rocks on 8.5.13. attempted to reach tobermory but had to beach on morven shore & sank the following day. crew safe. (argyll shipwrecks, sibi, & shipwrecks of w scotland).
Year of registration: 1975
Water depth above wreck: 30 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm
Known since: 1980, last detected: 1992
Details measurements/cartography: 5.3.75 5.3.75 WRECKED IN 563900N, 060300W, APPROX. (PL SELLARS, 11.2.75). HH272/350/01 7.11.90 HH272/350/01 7.11.90 LOCATED IN 563324N, 055448W [OGB]. POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS SHUNA, BUILT 1909, BY BELL. CARGO COAL. (K DRAKE, TELECON 2.11.90). INS AS NDW. BR STD. HH100/351/05 6.4.92 HH100/351/05 6.4.92 LIES ABOUT 0.5M NNW OF RUBHA AIRD SEISG IN 563326N, 055452W APPROX. ORIENTATED PARALLEL TO SHORELINE WITH BOW SE. UPRIGHT AND VIRTUALLY INTACT IN GEN DEPTHS 32-34MTRS. STANDS ABOUT 3-3.5MTRS ABOVE THE SEABED. (P J MOIR, 31.3.92). 15.3.07 15.3.07 [EUT] POSN: 5633.389N, 0554.864W. NE 2390. 13.3.12 13.3.12 NOT IN NAVIGABLE AREA, LIES WITHIN BOUNDARY OF FISH FARM. (NETSURVEY, HI 1364). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, BOWS SE
Position: 56 33.389 N,5 54.864 W
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