Wreck: Thunfisch (Fishing vessel)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Thunfisch, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 41.817 N,2 57.519 W (58.696950, -2.958650)
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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: THUNFISCH
Length 66.8 meter, width: 9.4 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 824 ton
Cause: built in 1958 by schiffb unterweser, bremerhaven. owned at time of loss by reederei sohle k g, hansearische. 6 cylinder oil ingine of 1560bhp, single shaft. struck rocks in heavy weather and sank off pentland firth. crew of 20 recovered. (ll & sibi).
Year of registration: 1975
Water depth above wreck: 73 meter, Height above seabed: 344 cm
Known since: 1975, last detected: 20210811
Details measurements/cartography: 3.2.75 MAYDAY IN ?534000N, 034000E. LATER SANK IN HEAVY SEAS. (LLOYDS VOL.219). H2925/83 21.1.85 NOT FOUND NOR REFERRED TO IN REPORT OF SURVEY. (BUE SUBSEA, HI 204). AMENDED TO ABEY. 18.11.03 DATA RE-ASSESSED. AMENDED TO DEAD. SEP 2006/000398380 14.11.06 THUNFISCH LOCATED APPROX 2 YEARS AGO IN 5841.830N, 0257.503W [WGD] USING MAGNETOMETER & CAMERA. LIES NW/SE, UPRIGHT AND FAIRLY INTACT WITH SLIGHT LIST TO PORT. TRAWL WINCH AND TRAWL FLOATS SEEN. STANDS APPROX 4-4.5MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 64MTRS. NO PART OF THE WRECK IS SHOALER THAN 59MTRS. (K HEATH, E-MAIL DTD 3.11.06 & TELECONS 6.11.06 & 14.11.06)., INS AS WK USC 55MTRS.
- NM 5679/06. RSDRA2022000137295 22.11.22 EXAM'D 11.08.2021; IN 5841.817N, 0257.519W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 65.09MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 73MTRS. LENGTH 53.59MTRS, WIDTH 24.6MTRS, HEIGHT 5.73MTRS, ORIENTATION 344/164 DEGS. UPRIGHT AND BROKEN UP AT S END. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI1709 - H525-935). AMEND NDW 65MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT AND BROKEN UP AT S END
Position: 58 41.817 N,2 57.519 W
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