This is the information page about the shipwreck Tapti, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 33.841 N,6 37.671 W (56.603333333333, -6.3938833333333)

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.

Name: TAPTI

Length 126.8 meter, width: 16.8 meter, draught: 10.4, tonnage 6609 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1945 by c connel & co, glasgow. owned at time of loss by j nourse ltd, london. 3 cylinder oil engine of 449 bhp, single shaft. machinery by barclay, curle & co ltd. passage irwell for the tyne. driven ashore in sw gale & heavy rain on bac beg bank, eilean iomallach, soa, coll. crew of 60 rescued. four days the vessel later slipped off the rocks and sank in deeper water. (sibi, off scotland, argyll shipwrecks & shipwrecks of the w coast of scotland).

Year of registration: 1951

Water depth above wreck: 19 meter, Height above seabed: 20 cm

Known since: 1951, last detected: 2012

Details measurements/cartography: H6579/51 4.12.51 H6579/51 4.12.51 SANK IN 563340N, 063746W [OGB]. (LLOYDS). INS AS DW. BR STD. H4339/52 18.7.52 H4339/52 18.7.52 NOW SHOWN AS DWP. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) NE 3608. H1245/69 4.7.69 H1245/69 4.7.69 WK LIES CLOSER TO SOA ISLAND THAN OFFICIAL POSN OF 563340N, 063746W [OGB]. BROKEN INTO FOUR PARTS, EACH PART RELATIVELY INTACT EXCEPT FOR THE ENGINE ROOM, WHICH APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN BLOWN APART BY A LARGE EXPLOSION. THE BOWS POINTING TOWARDS THE SURFACE. WK LIES IN 70FT OF WATER, WITH 30FT CLEAR OVER THE BOWS. THE STERN POINTS TOWARDS THE TWO ROCKS SHOWN ON THE CHART JUST N OF WK POSN. PROPELLER & SOME NON-FERROUS METALS REMOVED IN THE LATE 1950S. (C J OLDFIELD, 26.6.69). NCA. H1249/70 29.4.70 H1249/70 29.4.70 WK DETERIORATED SUBSTANTIALLY, ESPECIALLY BOW WHICH IS NOW LYING ON PORT SIDE. (J BROOKS, 26.4.70). H1310/81 15.1.81 H1310/81 15.1.81 LIES IN 70FT OF WATER WITH LEAST DEPTH 30FT OVER IT. MORE THAN ONE WK IN THIS POSN. TWO BOW SECTIONS SEEN. (J.BENNETT, 10.12.80). 18.1.82 18.1.82 BROKEN IN 4 PARTS, LYING CLOSE TO ROCKS IN GEN DEPTH 9-25MTRS. (BSAC WK REGISTER, VOL 4). H1310/82/4 4.2.82 H1310/82/4 4.2.82 SECOND WK MUST LIE IN VIRTUALLY SAME POSN AS SMALLER SET OF BOILERS FOUND IN MAY '80. ALSO RUMOURS THAT A SUBMARINE IS SUNK NEARBY. (B WINFIELD, 25.1.82). 17.7.91 17.7.91 LIES W OF QUOTED POSN, CLOSE TO E SHORE OF SOA ISLAND. IN 4 PARTS, HAS DETERIORATED CONSIDERABLY. ENCRUSTED WITH SOFT CORAL AND PLUMOSE ANEMONES. BOWS POINTING TOWARDS SURFACE ARE IMPRESSIVE. (DIVE NW SCOTLAND, 1985 EDN). 14.4.08 14.4.08 [EUT] POSN: 5633.666N, 0637.843W. NE 2474. 11.3.13 11.3.13 EXAM'D 14.7.12 IN 5633.841N, 0637.671W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 14.98 IN GEN DEPTH 19MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 27.9MTRS, WIDTH 13MTRS, HT 4.5MTRS. LIES 020/200 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. NOT EASILY DISTINGUISHED FROM ROCKY SURROUNDINGS. (NETSURVEY, HI 1298). AMEND WK 14.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ONLY ONE PART DEFINED

Position: 56 33.841 N,6 37.671 W

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