This is the information page about the shipwreck Stella, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 8.304 N,2 44.823 W (56.3829, -2.4623833333333)

 

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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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Name: STELLA

Length 40.5 meter, width: 7.1 meter, draught: 2.8, tonnage 350 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1888 by motala co, oscarshamn. onwed at time of loss by o thuestad, haugesund. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 38nhp, single shaft. passage burntisland for haugesund. sank following collision with dutch ss waterland. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1960

Water depth above wreck: 51 meter, Height above seabed: 75 cm

Known since: 1968, last detected: 2004

Details measurements/cartography: H2618/60 3.8.60 WK LOCATED IN 560817N, 024446W USING HSA. OROPESA CLEARANCE SWEEP CLEAR AT 81FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 158 IN GEN DEPTH 171FT. (HMS SCOTT, 7.9.59). INS AS NDW. BR STD. H2618/60 2.8.68 AMEND TO WK 26FMS. NC 114A. 31.8.73 AMEND TO WK 48MTRS. NC 734. H454/67 24.5.77 KNOWN LOCALLY AS 'LAW TO CRAIG'. (DUNBAR CG, HN 5.5.77). LOCAL NAME PROBABLY INDICATES WK LIES ON TRANSIT KELLIE LAW/CRAIG LEITH. NCA. H1310/84/18 19.9.84 OBSTN LOCATED, BUT NOT YET INVESTIGATED, IN 560811N, 024504W. (W MURNEY, 28.5.84 & 1.9.84). NCA. HH090/605/01 25.1.94 EXAM'D 18.8.93 IN 560818.6N, 024444.0W [OGB] USING MICROFIX [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 45.6 IN GEN DEPTH 50.9MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 51.2MTRS. DCS3 HT 7.0MTRS, LENGTH 38MTRS, BREADTH 10MTRS. WELL DEFINED WK LYING 075/255 DEG (OCEONICS (UK) LTD, HI 605).

- NM 559/94. HH100/351/21 28.4.04 DIVED IN 5608.3120N, 0244.8137W [WGD]. BELL INSCRIBED: 'STELLA 1888' RECOVERED 7.7.02 BY J PHILLIPS & P DUNSTAN. (J PHILLIPS, EMAIL DTD 28.4.04). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL DEFINED WK

Position: 56 8.304 N,2 44.823 W

 

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