This is the information page about the shipwreck St fergus (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 37.424 N,1 38.034 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. Adventure (probably)
2. Annemieke
3. Atland
4. Bel lily
5. Ben tarbet
6. Blomvaag (possibly)
7. Cairnavon
8. Cairnmona
9. Cape york
10. Charuny
11. Constant star
12. Contender
13. Craig-gowan
14. Fertile (possibly)
15. Hms flotta (possibly)
16. Hms ormonde
17. Integrity
18. Jacqueline
19. Kedarost
20. Magician
21. Malmland
22. Maria w
23. Mercator (probably)
24. Muriel
25. Ocean herald ii
26. Port denison
27. Procyon
28. Remuera
29. Roulette worker
30. Saint magnus
31. Santa catarina
32. Sapphire
33. Sovereign
34. St fergus (possibly)
35. St fergus (possibly)
36. Stella marie (possibly)
37. Svarton (probably)
38. Trsat (probably)
39. William rockefeller
40. Windward ho (possibly)
41. Xenia
42. Zitella

 

Name: ST FERGUS (POSSIBLY)

Length 45.7 meter, width: 7.3 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 390 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: built in 1913 by hawthorns & co ltd, leith. owned at time of loss by n of scotland orkney & shetland co. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 58hp, single shaft. passage aberdeen for stromness. sank following a collision. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 77 meter, Height above seabed: 40 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2010

Details measurements/cartography: H056/40 30.1.41 SANK OFF RATTRAY HEAD. (ROSYTH WK LIST, SUPP NO 8). H3262/70 25.2.72 OBSTN LOCATED IN 573730N, 013800W. POSSIBLE WK. LOCATED USING E/S. (BP SURVEY LTD, 28.3.72, K6308 ZM, SHEET 9759/7). INS AS NDW. BR STD. 10.6.74 AMEND TO USC 50MTRS. NC 213. 19.5.76 AMEND TO NDW PA. NC 278. SEP 2009/0000020956 20.3.09 NATURAL FEATURE OR DEBRIS LOCATED IN 5737.424N, 0138.034W [WGD]. HT APPROX 9MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 77MTRS. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY, HN FOR HI 1155). AMEND WK USC 67MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2010/000027978 16.2.10 LOCATED IN 5737.4242N, 0138.0337W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 67.97MTRS. LENGTH 95MTRS, WIDTH 40MTRS, HT 10MTRS. (SDC BATHY EXAMINATION OF DIGITAL DATA FOR HI 1155). LIES APPROX 040/220 DEGS. PROBABLY A ROCK FEATURE. AMEND OBSTN 67MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: PROBABLE ROCK FEATURE

Position: 57 37.424 N,1 38.034 W

 

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