This is the information page about the shipwreck Thesis, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 29.925 N,5 41.496 W (56.409566666667, -5.4877833333333)

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: THESIS

Length 50.9 meter, width: 7.6 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 379 ton
Load: clay products,ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: built 1887 by mcilwaine lewis & co, belfast. owned at time of loss by w a granger, belfast. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 60hp, single shaft. passage belfast for middlesborough. ran onto a reef near inninmore pt, & sank in deep water near rubha an ridire. crew of 12 saved. (sibi, argyll shipwrecks & shipwrecks of the w of scotland).

Year of registration: 1889

Water depth above wreck: 20 meter, Height above seabed: 50 cm

Known since: 1889, last detected: 2012

Details measurements/cartography: H1310/26/81 28.9.81 LOCALLY ACCEPTED NAME OF WK IS THESIS, NO CONFIRMATION. POSN 563000N, 054130W [OGB]. LYING AT 90 DEGS TO SHORE WITH BOWS POINTING TO SHORE. BOW IN 15-17MTRS, STERN IN 30MTRS. WK APPEARS VERY OLD, PLATES FALLING OFF RIBS. (W MCGREGOR, LTR DTD 22.9.81). POSN 563000N, 054130W FOR FILING ONLY. 18.1.82 HULL COMPLETE. POTTERY IN TWO HOLDS. LYING WITH 15MTRS HEIGHT IN GEN DEPTH 30MTRS, ABOUT 500MTRS SE OF EILEAN RUBHA AN RIDIRE, JUST S OF SMALL BAY. (BSAC WK REGISTER). NCA. H5249/76 11.6.82 INTACT, BUT VERY FRAGILE. TONNAGE GIVEN AS 500 GROSS, 151 NET. (DIVER MAGAZINE, 1982). 23.9.91 EASY TO LOCATE BY E/S. SUBSTANIALLY SALVAGED BY R GRIEVE OF MULL DIVING CENTRE, SALEN. MANY PLATES MISSING FROM BOWS, BUT STILL BASICALLY INTACT. HEAVILY ENCRUSTED, PLENTIFUL FISH LIFE, CROCKERY STILL TO BE FOUND. EXCELLENT DIVE. TIDAL STREAM RUNS AT UP TO 2 KNOTS. (DIVE NW SCOTLAND, G RIDLEY). 23.3.01 LIES IN 5630.03N, 0541.43W [OGB], ABOUT 50MTRS FROM THE SHORE ON THE W OF RUBHA AN RIDRE. STANDS 3-4MTRS IN 25MTRS. (DIVER MAGAZINE, MARCH 2001). INS AS NDW. BR STD. HH100/351/19 6.11.02 HH100/351/19 6.11.02 2 PHOTOGRAPHS SUPPLIED SHOWING MARINE GROWTH ON WRECK. (D BELLMONT, E-MAIL DTD 5.11.02). NCA. 15.3.07 15.3.07 [EUT] POSN: 5630.020N, 0541.496W. NE 2390. 25.9.13 EXAM'D 8.2012 IN 5629.925N, 0541.496W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 13.92 IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 53MTRS, WIDTH 8.2MTRS, HT 5.5MTRS. LIES 050/230 DEGS. INTACT. LIES WITH BOWS UP SLOPE. (INIS HYDRO, HI 1354). AMEND WK 13.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, PLATES FALLING OFF

Position: 56 29.925 N,5 41.496 W

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