This is the information page about the shipwreck St catherine (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 10.203 N,1 54.435 W (57.4531, -1.7967)

 

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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. Archangel
2. Archangel (possibly)
3. Archangel (possibly)
4. Assyrian
5. Atland
6. Audacious ii
7. Branksea (possibly)
8. Cairnavon
9. Cairnie
10. Coastal emperor
11. Constant star
12. Contender
13. Creemuir
14. Cushendall (part of)(possibly)
15. Emperor (possibly)
16. Empire brigade
17. Empress (part of)(possibly)
18. Faithful iii
19. Glen tanar
20. Gogovale
21. Gowrie (possibly)
22. Gunborg
23. Hedrun
24. Hedson
25. Hms broadwater
26. Hms flotta (possibly)
27. Hms gelsina
28. Hms ormonde
29. Hms yesso (probably)
30. Integrity
31. Jamaica pioneer
32. James hall
33. Karemma
34. King alfred
35. La brea
36. Lowdock
37. Luffness
38. Maria w
39. Matador
40. Mercator (probably)
41. New dawn (possibly)
42. Niritos
43. Nora
44. Our merit (possibly)
45. Ross khartoum
46. Rowanbank
47. Sandvik (possibly)
48. Santa catarina
49. Sedgepool
50. Shekatika
51. Sheriffmuir
52. Shirak
53. Silverburn
54. Snefjeld
55. Soesterberg
56. St catherine (probably)
57. St clement (possibly)
58. Star of luxor
59. Sturdee
60. T6 (possibly)
61. Trebartha
62. Trevorian
63. U 1206 (probably)
64. Viking queen
65. Ville de hasselt
66. Windward ho (possibly)
67. Xenia
68. Xmas rose
69. Zitella

 

Name: ST CATHERINE (PROBABLY)

Length 74.1 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 1216 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: ex-olive, ex-lairdsbank. built in 1916 by caledon shipbuilding & engineering company. owned at time of loss by n of scotland & orkney & shetland steam navigation co. two boilers, triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage aberdeen for kirkwall. attacked by aircraft and sunk by air-launched torpedo. 14 crew and 1 passenger lost. (sibi, dods & ll ww2).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 63 meter, Height above seabed: 20 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2009

Details measurements/cartography: H01054/40 15.8.41 INS AS NDWPA IN 571010N, 0151.55W.

- NM 1938/41. 8.3.73 AMEND TO WK USCPA 40MTRS. NC 210. HH090/155/01 2.3.10 SEP 2010/000098684 EXAM'D 17.8.09 IN 5710.203N, 0154.435W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 53.94 IN GEN DEPTH 63.9MTRS. SCOUR 1.1MTR DEEP EXTENDS 3MTRS TOWARDS 200 DEGS FROM S END. LENGTH 115MTRS, WIDTH 28MTRS, HT 10MTRS. LIES 020/200 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. DEGRADED. (GARDLINE HYDRO, HI 1155). INTACT, COLLAPSED. AMEND WK 53MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: COLLAPSED, SCOUR LEADS S FROM S END

Position: 57 10.203 N,1 54.435 W

 

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