This is the information page about the shipwreck Skopelos sky (after part), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 35.414 N,4 52.543 W (50.66845, -5.0353833333333)

 

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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. Alcyon (possibly)
2. Angele (possibly)
3. Anna sophie
4. Antoinette (probably)
5. Arthurtown
6. Bogstad
7. Brava
8. Brisk (probably)
9. Camelot challenger (possibly)
10. Carasa (possibly)
11. Carl
12. Castor 1
13. Deputie gaston dumesnil (possibly)
14. Diligent
15. Dumfries
16. Elna e
17. Ezra weston (bow section)
18. Ezra weston (stern section)
19. Germaine
20. Girdleness
21. Gregynog
22. Hanover
23. Hemsley 1
24. Hmcs regina
25. Hugin
26. Humbergate (probably)
27. Hunsgrove
28. Island maid
29. John taylor
30. Kai (possibly)
31. Kantoeng (part of)
32. Lake edon
33. Lake owens
34. Lisa maria
35. Madryn
36. Marguerite pry
37. Maria asumpta
38. Mary
39. Milly (possibly)
40. N verberckmoes (possibly)
41. Par time and tide bell
42. Pearn pride (possibly)
43. Pegasus
44. Risoy (probably)
45. Runswick
46. Saphir
47. Sarah anderson (possibly)
48. Shad thames
49. Siracusa
50. Skopelos sky (after part)
51. Sphene (probably)
52. St joseph
53. St stanislas
54. Svint
55. Tagona
56. Towneley
57. U 325 (possibly)
58. Ub 65

 

Name: SKOPELOS SKY (AFTER PART)

Length 104.9 meter, width: 9.8 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 1652 ton
Load: containers,oil,metal: concentrate and products

Cause: 18.12.79 engine failure during storm whilst en-route garsten to algiers with cargo of lubricating oil on palletts and in drums. unable to anchor. ran aground. (ll, 18.12.79).

Year of registration: 1979

Water depth above wreck: 4 meter

Known since: 1979, last detected: 2011

Details measurements/cartography: H2613/78 18.12.79 H2613/78 18.12.79 POSN 300MTRS W OF DOYDEN PT. OIL DRUMS WASHED ASHORE ON N.CORNISH COAST. WK CONTINUES TO BREAK UP. CARGO HOLDS APPEAR TO BE EMPTY. (LL, 18 & 21.12.79). CHART AS ST IN 503524N, 045237W [OGB]. BR STD. H2613/78 2.1.80 H2613/78 2.1.80 POSN REPORTED AS APPROX 300MTRS SSW FROM DOYDEN PT - HARD IN AGAINST CLIFF. BOW ONLY SHOWING NOW, STERN AND SUPERSTRUCTURE BROKEN AWAY AND COMPLETELY COVERED. (K MCLEAN, 31.12.79). AMEND TO ST PA IN 503515N, 045226W [OGB]. BR STD. 26.8.80 26.8.80 WK BEING SALVAGED. VERY LITTLE LEFT OF SUPERSTRUCTURE (K ATHERTON). NCA. 28.5.82 28.5.82 WELL BROKEN UP. FORWARD PART SALVAGED. STERN PART REMAINS. (BSAC WK REGISTER,VOL V). NCA. 26.7.06 26.7.06 [EUT] POSN: 5035.283N, 0452.498W. BA 1168 [3RD EDN, JULY '02]. 5.10.11 SEP 2011/000176520 5.10.11 LOCATED IN 5035.416N, 0452.546W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 1.63 IN GEN DEPTH 4.1MTRS. (FUGRO OSAE, HN DTD 26.9.11 FOR HI 1157). AMEND WK 1.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN. 24.11.11 24.11.11 LOCATED 6.10.09 IN 5035.414N, 0452.543W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 1.63 IN GEN DEPTH 4.2MTRS. SCOUR 1.1MTR DEEP AT WK. LENGTH 8.8MTRS, WIDTH 8.8MTRS, HT 3.67MTRS. LIES 138/318 DEGS (SIC). (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1157). SINGLE ITEM, ?ENGINE. AMEND POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: SINGLE ITEM, ?ENGINE

Position: 50 35.414 N,4 52.543 W

 

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