This is the information page about the shipwreck Traquair (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 11.788 N,2 36.358 E (52.1134167, 2.8418)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: TRAQUAIR (POSSIBLY)
Year of registration: 1956
Water depth above wreck: 46 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm
Known since: 1956, last detected: 2014
Details measurements/cartography: H5673/56 26.9.56 REPD SUNK IN 521200N, 023500E APPROX. (LL 19.8.56). NCA. H8169/68 9.1.69 LOCATED IN 521147N, 023522E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPT 114FT IN GEN DEPTH 133FT. NO SCOUR. SEABED OF SMALL SANDWAVES. (HMS BULLDOG, 29.11.68). INS AS WK 19FMS.
- NM 249/69. H8169/68 29.4.69 SWEPT CLEAR AT 98.5FT. LEAST BY E/S 114FT. LIES NORTH TO SOUTH. (HMS BULLDOG, APRIL 1969). AMEND TO SW 16FMS. BR STD. 28.8.73 AMEND TO SW 29MTRS. NC 2182A. H1939/80 5.5.82 EXAM'D 1.7.81 IN 521146N, 023631E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 34.7 IN GEN DEPTH 40.2MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 8MTRS. HULL APPARENTLY INTACT, BUT UPPERWORKS COLLAPSED. ALMOST BURIED. W END SHOALEST. SONAR LENGTH 91MTRS, BEAM 19MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 8). AMEND TO WK 32MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
- NM 1196/82. HH090/910/01 4.12.00 EXAM'D 11.6.00 IN 5211.787N, 0236.391E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 33.4, FOUL 33.9MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 33.2 IN GEN DEPTH 40-41MTRS. SCOUR 1-3MTRS EXTENDS 26MTRS TOWARDS 085 DEGS. LIES 084/264 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. HULL LARGELY INTACT. MID SECTION COVERED WITH SAND. UPPERWORKS COLLAPSED. HIGH POINT AT W END OF WK. (GARDLINE, HI 910). AMEND TO SW 33MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2014/000110702 16.9.14 EXAM'D 4.4.14 IN 5111.788N, 0236.353E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 33.55 IN GEN DEPTH 46MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH91.4MTRS, WIDTH 35.6MTRS, HT 12.45MTRS. LIES 0909/270 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT, HIGH POINT AT W END. MIDSHIPS COVERED IN SANDWAVE. (MMT, HI 1424). WELL COVERED, BOWS W. RETAIN SW 33MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, MIDSHIPS COVERED, S'STRUCTURE COLLAPSED
Position: 52 11.788 N,2 36.358 E