This is the information page about the shipwreck Treverbyn, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 17.366 N,7 6.54 W (57.445833333333, -6.9883333333333)
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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: TREVERBYN
Length 110.6 meter, width: 15.5 meter, draught: 7.9, tonnage 4163 ton
Load: ore
Cause: mined while on passage russia to manchester.
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 74 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm
Known since: 1917, last detected: 1987
Details measurements/cartography: SANK 2 MILES ESE FROM USHINISH LTHO, SOUTH UIST. (DOD). H2480/19 22.3.19 SANK OFF USHINISH PT. (VA STORNOWAY). INS OBSOLETE WK SYMBOL IN 571900N, 070900W. BR STD.. H6997/29 AMENDED TO NDWPA. (AUTHORITY NOT KNOWN). H3156/69 26.2.71 TYPE 164 SONAR SEARCH MADE TO COVER AN AREA 2M FROM CHARTED POSN. NO CONTACTS. ASSUMED DISPERSED BELOW ROCKY FEATURES NEARBY. (HMS HECLA, HI 53/70). DELETED. BR STD. H2887/83 21.1.86 LOCATED IN 571723N, 070629W [OGB]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 61 IN GEN DEPTH 74MTRS. NO SCOUR. (HMS FOX HN 5.12.85 FOR HI 166). NCA YET. H2887/83 16.7.86 EXAM'D 1.12.85 IN 571723N, 070629W [OGB] USING HIFIX & TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 61 IN GEN DEPTH 74MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 13MTRS. LYING E/W, UPRIGHT, BUT WITH CONSPIC DAMAGE AT W END. (HMS FOX, HI 166). BR STD. H2166/86 26.8.87 EXAM'D 30.6.87 DURING SONAR TRIALS. POSN 571725N, 070640W [OGB] USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 63 IN GEN DEPTH 80MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 17.8MTRS. LIES NW/SE. BOW SECTION BADLY DAMAGED AND WRECK GENERALLY BREAKING UP. NOT FULLY SURVEYED. (HMS ROEBUCK, HI 336). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, BROKEN AT W END
Position: 57 17.366 N,7 6.54 W