This is the information page about the shipwreck Skifjord, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 0.358 N,8 28.21 W (55.005966666667, -8.4701666666667)

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: SKIFJORD

Length 39 meter, width: 8 meter, draught: 3.8, tonnage 245 ton

Cause: ex-nordsjo '73. built in 1967, by lodose varf a/b, lodose. owned at time of loss by mrs m c bonner, burtonport, co. donegal. 8 clyinder oil engine of 245 bhp, single shaft. dragged anchor while sheltering in small bay on aranmore island, during a storm. struck runaigi rk, and quickly sank. four crew rescued, two dead, three missing. (sii, ll 246, 250).

Year of registration: 1981

Water depth above wreck: 25 meter

Known since: 1981, last detected: 1993

Details measurements/cartography: H4887/74 H4887/74 LIES IN ABOUT 60FT OF WATER OFF BURTONPORT, DONEGAL. HAS BEEN STRIPPED OF EVERYTHING OF VALUE. (LL 250). NCA. H1310/85/38 22.10.85 H1310/85/38 22.10.85 LIES UPRIGHT IN VERY GOOD CONDITION IN ABOUT 30MTRS IN 545940N, 082910W APPROX. (P MCGUINNESS, DTD 14.10.85). THIS POSN PLOTS IN ABOUT 14MTRS. NCA YET. H1310/85/38 28.7.86 H1310/85/38 28.7.86 'WENT DOWN ON THE ROCKS CALLED BULLIGNAMEADA' (? BULLIGNAMIRRA). (P MCGUINNESS, DTD 11.7.86). NCA YET. HH100/351/04 8.2.91 HH100/351/04 8.2.91 WK IS INTACT AND LYING ON ITS SIDE ON THE EAST SIDE OF BULLIGNAMIRRA RKS. ANCHOR CABLES LEAD AWAY FROM THE WK. (P MCGUINESS, DTD 4.1.91). CHART AS DW PA IN 550017.5N, 082911.5W. BR STD. HH100/351/06 22.1.93 HH100/351/06 22.1.93 LIES IN 550021.5N, 082809W [OSI] AT BOTTOM OF A ROCKY SLOPE. WK HAS ROLLED OVER. LEAST DEPTH 12 IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS. (N SOTHY, DTD 12.2.93). AMEND WK PA 12MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, ON ITS SIDE

Position: 55 0.358 N,8 28.21 W

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