This is the information page about the shipwreck Spey (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 19.935 N,1 33.078 W (55.258666666667, -1.45795)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: SPEY (POSSIBLY)
Length 33.4 meter, width: 5.8 meter, draught: 2.7, tonnage 178 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: vessel, built 1923, stranded on passage river tyne to seahouses. owned at time of loss by moray ss co. ltd. (shipwreck index of british isles)
Year of registration: 1941
Water depth above wreck: 5 meter, Height above seabed: 29 cm
Known since: 1941, last detected: 1999
Details measurements/cartography: H4024/74 2.12.74 H4024/74 2.12.74 REPORTED BY HARBOUR MASTER AT AMBLE TO SOISS AS HAVING SUNK IN 1930'S. BELIEVED TO HAVE BROKEN UP CLOSE INSHORE ON NORTHERN SIDE OF LAW BRIGGS. POSN NOT EXAMINED. (SOISS). NCA. POSN 551942N, 013242W FOR FILING ONLY. HH090/843/01 4.1.00 HH090/843/01 4.1.00 EXAM'D 18.7.99 IN 5519.935N, 0133.078W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 4.4 IN GEN DEPTH 5MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 15MTRS, WIDTH 7MTRS. DCS3 HT 0.7MTR. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SEABED ROCK. POSSIBLE DEBRIS WHICH SHOWS AS TWO LINEAR CONTACTS. (GARDLINE, HI 843). INS AS FOUL. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: TWO LINEAR CONTACTS, ?DEBRIS
Position: 55 19.935 N,1 33.078 W