Wreck: Tabarka (possibly) (Blockship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Tabarka (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 55.582 N,3 18.887 W (58.926367, -3.314783)
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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: TABARKA (POSSIBLY)
Year of registration: 1972
Water depth above wreck: 6 meter, Height above seabed: 42 cm
Known since: 1972, last detected: 2019
Details measurements/cartography: H2496/72 14.3.72 POSN 585320N, 025350W, OR 301DEGS, 1400FT FROM LAMB HOLM TRIG STN (61), BUT COMPLETE HULL NOW LIFTED. (UNDERMARINE OPERATIONS, 5.3.72). NCA. 19.8.92 SUBSEQUENTLY RESUNK IN BURRA SOUND IN GEN DEPTH 12MTRS, UPSIDE DOWN IMMEDIATELY S OF INVERLANE. WK IS EASY TO ENTER, GOOD VISIBILITY WITH ABUNDANCE OF MARINE LIFE. (DIVE SCAPA FLOW, R MACDONALD, 1990). POSN FOR FILING ONLY 585538N, 031848W FROM DIAGRAM IN BOOK. HH100/351/16 13.10.00 DIVED IN JULY 2000. WK IS INVERTED AND LARGELY INTACT. BLAST HOLES IN THE SIDE. STANDS 10MTRS HIGH BY DEPTH GAUGE. SCOUR APPROX 1MTRS ALONG ENTIRE LENGTH OF WK. SEABED SAND. NO DEBRIS. (T JOHNSON. LTR DTD 10.10.00). NCA. 7.12.01 COMPLETELY INTACT & INVERTED. VERY STRONG TIDAL STREAMS. ENGINES AND BOILERS IN PLACE. (DIVER REPORT WITH PHOTOS, DIVER MAGAZINE JUNE 2000). 8.11.10 EXAM'D IN 5855.581N, 0318.885W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 1.78MTRS. APPROX 6 X 6MTRS. HT 3-5MTRS. (FATHOMS LTD, SCAPA FLOW SURVEY, POST SDC REPROCESSING). GEN DEPTH APPROX 5MTRS. MAY BE NATURAL FEATURE. INS AS OBSTN 1.7MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2022/000015366 20.4.22 EXAM'D BY BDC OBSTRN LOCATED IN 5855.581N, 0318.886W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 3.96MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 6MTRS. LENGTH 33MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS, HT 2.8MTRS, ORIENTATION 042DEGS.(ORKNEY ISLANDS COUNCIL SURVEY,12.10.2019, H525). NFA.RETAIN OBSTRN DEPTH 1.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: ?REMAINS OF WK, MAY BE NATURAL FEATURE
Position: 58 55.582 N,3 18.887 W
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