This is the information page about the shipwreck Tuscan, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 34.914 N,5 7.535 W (55.861316666667, -4.9531166666667)

 

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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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2. Arab (possibly)
3. Arran iii
4. Beagle
5. Brent 1
6. Brent 2
7. Brent 3
8. Brent 4
9. Caledonian (possibly)
10. Carronade
11. Cormorant 1
12. Cormorant 2
13. Cormorant 3
14. Cumbrae
15. D46
16. D5
17. Derwent
18. Eagle (possibly)
19. Elf 3
20. Elf 4
21. Ellida
22. Fairy
23. Franleon
24. Harvest hope (possibly)
25. Hms arsenal (probably)
26. Hms dasher
27. Hms topaze
28. Hmsm sealion
29. Hmsm vandal
30. Janet mcnicol
31. Jeniver
32. Karen
33. Kintyre
34. Lady gertrude
35. Laurrandine
36. Liz of ashton (possibly)
37. Lochshiel (possibly)
38. Moonlight
39. Nellie bywater
40. Ovington (probably)
41. Penola
42. Princess of wales (fore section)
43. St dunstan
44. St kenan (possibly)
45. St oran
46. Strathdee
47. Tuscan
48. U 33
49. Urd (possibly)
50. Wallachia

 

Name: TUSCAN

Year of registration: 1959

Water depth above wreck: 21 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm

Known since: 1959, last detected: 1997

Details measurements/cartography: H3915/59 12.2.60 DW IN 553455N, 050728W [OGB], OR 055DEG, 3850FT FROM DOUGLAS HOTEL FS. (HMS CLYDE, HN DTD 29.6.59).

- NM 1796/59. H1574/61 2.8.61 SEARCHED FOR, CHARTED POSN IS ON TOP OF A 12FM RISE WHICH GIVES A FIRM A/S RESPONSE. THREE ATTEMPTS TO SWEEP WERE FRUSTRATED. (HMS SHACKLETON, DTD 1961). NCA. H1574/61 30.6.73 ONLY FOUND 12FMS KNOB MENTIONED BY HMS SHACKLETON IN 1961. (HMS CLEOPATRA, HN DTD 15.6.73). CHART AS WK USC 15MTRS. NC 1864. H2579/76 7.7.78 SOUNDING RUNS & DIVING SURVEY INDICATE ONLY OLD COILS OF WIRE EXIST IN POSN OF CHARTED WK. (HMS WILTON, HN 2/78 DTD 13.6.78). CHART AS F.

- NM 1707/78. 27.9.03 EUT POSN: 5534.914N, 0507.535W. NE 1864. 19.1.04 VESSEL, DESCRIBED AS 'PUFFER', COMPLETE WITH CARGO OF COAL, SITTING UPRIGHT IN 36MTRS. WK OWNED BY JOHN ORR. AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE NEARBY. (DIVE WEST SCOTLAND, PUBLISHED 1984). POSN GIVEN AS 5535.117N, 0506.783W [UND] USING GPS, IN GEN DEPTH 42MTRS. INTACT AND UPRIGHT. DECK 2MTRS OFF SEABED, WITH REAR DECK HOUSE 2-3MTRS HIGHER, BOWS SE. PHOTO OF VESSEL & LOCATION DIAGRAM. (CLYDE SHIPWRECKS, PUBLISHED 1997).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 55 34.914 N,5 7.535 W

 

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