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 37.339 N,1 38.971 W (57.4531, -1.7967)
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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: 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. general cargo. sank following a collision. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1941
Water depth above wreck: 75 meter, Height above seabed: 155 cm
Known since: 1941, last detected: 2009
Details measurements/cartography: H056/40 30.1.41 SANK OFF RATTRAY HEAD. (ROSYTH WK LIST, SUPPL NO8). NCA. HH091/155/01 19.1.10 EXAM'D 13.5.09 IN 5737.339N, 0138.971W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 69.32 IN GEN DEPTH 75.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 45MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS, HT 5.7MTRS. LIES 155/335 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. HIGHLY DEGRADED WK. (GARDLINE HYDRO, HI 1155). INS AS WK 69MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: HIGHLY DEGRADED WK
Position: 57 37.339 N,1 38.971 W