This is the information page about the shipwreck Skaala, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 11.763 N,3 49.692 W (50.207816666667, -3.7034)

 

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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. Ambassador
2. Amelie (probably)
3. Amelie-suzanne
4. Anna
5. Arandora star
6. August conseil (possibly)
7. Australbush (possibly)
8. Baychattan
9. Bell virtue
10. Belle ile (possibly)
11. Brenda
12. Broadmayne (part of)
13. Cantabria
14. Carol anne
15. Catherine allen
16. Cheapside (possibly)
17. Chelydra (possibly)
18. Chloe t
19. Claverley (possibly)
20. Constance
21. Dartmeet
22. Demetrios
23. Dutton
24. Eagle
25. East point
26. Edam ii
27. Elizabeth caroline
28. Empire harry
29. Exploiter
30. Fiona mary
31. Fylrix
32. Glen strathallan
33. Glory
34. Grelhame (probably)
35. Gro
36. Halfdan (possibly)
37. Halloween
38. Haugastol (possibly)
39. Havbris (probably)
40. Hazel claire (possibly)
41. Hazelpark (possibly)
42. Heron i
43. Herzogin cecilie
44. Heye p
45. Hms benton castle
46. Hms chorley (possibly)
47. Hms crocodile
48. Hms jasper (possibly)
49. Hms newbridge (probably)
50. Hms penylan (e part)
51. Hms penylan (w part)
52. Hms picton castle
53. Hms ramillies
54. Hms savage
55. Hms stockforce (possibly)
56. Hmsm m1
57. Hmsm untiring
58. Kazan
59. Kishmul of ayr
60. Koningin der engelen (probably)
61. Laertes
62. Lb 332 or lb 362 (possibly)
63. Liberta
64. Lochwood
65. Louis shied
66. Maine
67. Marana (bow section)
68. Marie
69. Medina
70. Merc enterprise (probably)
71. Neches (probably)
72. Newholm
73. North sea (probably)
74. Oregon
75. Perm (possibly)
76. Persier
77. Phoenix
78. Placidas faroult
79. Reine des flots
80. Riversdale
81. Skaala
82. Soudan
83. St katharine (probably)
84. Stanhope
85. Talvaldis (possibly)
86. Tasmania (possibly)
87. Ternefjell
88. Totnes castle
89. U 1063
90. U 214 (probably)
91. Uc 51
92. Uskmoor (probably)
93. W.s.w. one
94. Waikawa (possibly)
95. Warsaw
96. Wreathier
97. Yvette bm217

 

Name: SKAALA

Length 69.8 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1129 ton
Load: coal,flammable liquids and gases

Cause: built in 1906 by bergens mek vaerks, bergen. owned at time of loss by a halvorsen. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 106 nhp, single shaft. passage port talbot for rouen. torpedeod by ub-35. 1 man lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 39 meter, Height above seabed: 322 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: REPD SUNK IN 501100N, 034910W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). SUNK 4M W OF PRAWLE POINT. (LLWW1). H1936/80 2.10.81 LARGE WK EXAM'D 11.4.81 IN 501143N, 034938W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 33 IN GEN DEPTHS 40-45MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 10.5MTRS. LYING NNW/SSE. ABOUT 60MTRS LONG. IN ROCKY AREA WHICH RISES SHARPLY TO THE W TO A CHARTED LEAST DEPTH OF 20MTRS. THEREFORE NOT WIRE SWEPT. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 5/81, SC 56). R/P. H1310/84/45 7.1.85 WK IN 501144N, 034936W USING DECCA. IDENTIFIED AS THE 'SKAALA', NAME PLATE [MANUFACTURERS NO.] RECOVERED SOME YEARS AGO. UPRIGHT & COMPLETE. SUPERSTRUCTURE AROUND ENGINE ROOM IS COLLAPSING. MOST OF CARGO REMAINS. PROPELLER IS MISSING. LIES N/S, WITH BOWS N, & STANDS 11MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 44MTRS. (A HILLGROVE, 10.12.84). NCA. HH090/596/01 16.12.93 EXAM'D 3.7.93 IN 501143.5N, 034937.7W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 33.7 IN GEN DEPTH 43MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 10MTRS, LENGTH 80MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS. LIES 000/180DEGS ON SEABED OF SAND AND SHELL WITH ROCK OUTCROPS AND PINNACLES CLOSE W. (HMS ROEBUCK, HI 596). CHART AS WK 33MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 2.9.98 UPRIGHT WITH SLIGHT LIST TO PORT. SUPERSTRUCTURE COLLAPSING ROUND ENGINE ROOM. IRON PROP. POSN GIVEN AS 501112N, 035020W. (DIVER MAGAZINE SEPT 1998). NCA. SEP 2021/000052671 7.10.20 EXAM’D 2020; IN 5011.763N, 0349.692W [WGD]. LEAST W/C DEPTH 33.10MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 39MTRS. LENGTH 68.7MTRS, WIDTH 11.4MTRS, HT 5.5MTRS. ORIENTATION 322/142 DEGS. UPRIGHT, LARGELY INTACT. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1679 - H525-18338). AMEND NDW 33MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT WITH SLIGHT LIST TO PORT

Position: 50 11.763 N,3 49.692 W

 

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