This is the information page about the shipwreck Tobago, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 42.362 N,6 30.057 W (55.924716666667, -6.2913)

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: TOBAGO

Length 58.2 meter, width: 9.4 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 774 ton
Load: fish

Cause: ex-latava, ex-sundmar, ex-erica, ex-vinga. built in 1900 by v a lindholmens, gothenburg. owned by g h tiamert, latvia. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 93 nhp, single shaft. passage reykjavik for ardrossan. ran ashore in bad weather and became a total loss. crew recovered by ss highwood. (sibi, shipwrecks of the w of scotland).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 0 meter

Known since: 1940, last detected: 1985

Details measurements/cartography: H0785/40 29.7.40 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 554400N, 063000W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H5056/55 23.9.55 ADMIRALTY REPLY TO LETTER RE PURCHASE OF SCRAP NEAR THIS POSN, KILCHIARAN BAY, ISLAY. H1281/85/61 27.2.85 LATVIAN SHIP TOBAGO WENT ASHORE SOUTH OF LOSSIT BAY ON 12 AUG 1940 WITH CARGO OF SALTED FISH. (MR S I BLACKBURN, LTR DTD 17.2.85). 27.2.85 WK OF TOBAGO, SUNK 1940, IN 554222N, 063000W, SOUTH OF LOSSIT BAY. IN GEN DEPTH 5MTRS. (DIVE - WEST SCOTLAND, G RIDLEY). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 55 42.362 N,6 30.057 W

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