Wreck: St kilda (Motor vessel)
This is the information page about the shipwreck St kilda, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 33.707 N,4 44.874 W (51.593933333333, -5.0530666666667)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: ST KILDA
Length 37.3 meter, width: 7 meter, draught: 2.7, tonnage 697 ton
Load: ore
Cause: ex-quo vadis '55. built in 1955 by schps. 'gideon' v/h j.koster, gronigen. owned at time of loss by w belstra, groningen. 4 cylinder oil engine, single shaft. developed sudden list and sank when cargo shifted.
Year of registration: 1961
Water depth above wreck: 36 meter, Height above seabed: 100 cm
Known since: 1961, last detected: 2014
Details measurements/cartography: H5627/61 30.1.62 H5627/61 30.1.62 SANK IN 513409N, 044330W [OGB]. (CG ST DAVIDS). INS AS NDW PA. BR STD. 28.9.72 28.9.72 AMEND TO WK USC PA 11FMS. (TONNAGE KNOWN) NE 1179 & 1178. 9.4.74 9.4.74 SHOWN AS TO WK USC PA 20MTRS. NC 1076. [WGD] POSN: 5134.177N, 0443.567W. 22.1.14 22.1.14 EXAM'D 24.9.13 IN 5133.707N, 0444.874W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 29.64 IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS. LEAST W/C DEPTH 29.84MTRS. SCOUR 1.3MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 5MTRS TOWARDS 124 DEGS. LENGTH 62MTRS, WIDTH 24MTRS, HT 6MTRS. LIES 124/274 DEGS. STRONG MAGENTIC ANOMALY. BOW & STERN EVIDENT, DEBRIS APPROX 5MTRS SQUARE LIES CLOSE S. (FUGRO EMU, HI 1365). AMEND WK 29.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. 6.2.14 6.2.14 LEAST M/B DEPTH 28.24MTRS. (SDC BATHY, HI 1375). CORRECT IMAGE SHOWS COLLAPSED WK, LYING APPROX E/W WITH W EDN THE HIGHEST POINT. AMEND WK 28MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: COLLAPSED, W PART IS HIGHEST POINT
Position: 51 33.707 N,4 44.874 W
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