This is the information page about the shipwreck Skulda (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 1.234 N,3 18.55 W (56.00645, -3.4027833333333)

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: SKULDA (POSSIBLY)

Length 69.2 meter, width: 10.1 meter, draught: 4.5, tonnage 1177 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: built in 1882 by s & h morton, leith. owned at time of loss by j t salvesen, grangemouth. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 99nhp, single shaft. passage grangemouth for norrkoping. was struck midships by norwegian ss tento and began to flood. one man lost. masts and funnels removed by divers. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1967

Water depth above wreck: 30 meter, Height above seabed: 10 cm

Known since: 1967, last detected: 2006

Details measurements/cartography: H454/67 3.11.67 H454/67 3.11.67 EXAM'D IN 560114N, 031827W [OGB] USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR 73, FOUL 74FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 73FT. LIES ALMOST N/S AND IS ABOUT 160FT LONG. IT CAN BE DETECTED BY SONAR. (HMS MYRMIDON). CHART AS WK 12FMS.

- NM 797/67. H454/67 16.5.68 H454/67 16.5.68 INS AS SW 12FMS 0FT.

- NM 1231/68. 18.7.98 18.7.98 POSSIBLY UNCHARTED BRITISH SS 'SKULDA' IN 560109N, 031612W [005100100]. 11.5.02 11.5.02 [WGD] POSN: 5601.229N, 0318.545W. NE 733. HH264/440/08 30.5.06 HH264/440/08 30.5.06 LOCATED IN 5601.242N, 0318.550W [WGD]. (HMS CATTISTOCK, ROUTE SURVEY OCT-NOV 2005). AMEND POSN. BR STD. HH091/176/01 22.5.07 HH091/176/01 22.5.07 EXAM'D 16.9.06 IN 5601.234N, 0318.550W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 22.53 IN GEN DEPTH 30MTRS. SCOUR 2.5MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 45MTRS TOWARDS 045 DEGS. LENGTH 40.6MTRS, WIDTH 10.5MTRS, HT 8.0MTRS. LIES 010/040 DEGS. PROMINENT, INTACT WK. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 1176). AMEND WK 22.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, SCOUR AROUND WK AND TOWARDS SW TOO

Position: 56 1.234 N,3 18.55 W

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