This is the information page about the shipwreck Tuskar ii, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 35.709 N,3 15.336 E (51.6047167, 3.38255)
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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: Tuskar II
Length 49.7 meter, width: 8.2 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 394 ton
Cause: 26.3.80 vessel bound ghent for kirkwall. bagged cargo shifted in bad weather and vessel capsized. crew saved. (ll, 17 & 26.3.80).
Year of registration: 1980
Water depth above wreck: 20 meter
Known since: 1980, last detected: 2022
Details measurements/cartography: H4187/70 8.4.80 WK, STANDING APPROX 8MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS, IN 513548N, 031525E [EUR]. MARKED BY 2 W CARD LT BUOYS, Q(9)15S, AT 200 & 330MTRS WSW. HOPED SALVAGE WILL START SOON. (NETHERLANDS TNM 1112/80 & LL, 26.3.80). NAVAREA I 74/80 ISSUED. NCA YET. H4187/70 13.5.80 NOW WK 10MTRS IN 513547N, 031525E [EUR]. MARKED BY 2 W CARD LT BUOYS, Q(9)15S, 75 & 205MTRS APPROX, WSW OF WK. (NETHERLANDS NM 1345/80).
- NM 1120/80. H4187/70 8.7.80 W CARD LT BUOY 205MTRS WSW REMOVED. (NETHERLANDS NM 1372/80). DISCOVERED ONLY 1 BUOY CHARTED PREVIOUSLY THEREFORE NCA. H4187/70 13.4.81 WK WILL NOT BE SALVED. (LL, 26.3.81). NCA. H4187/70 15.7.81 AMEND TO WK SW 15.3MTRS & LT BUOY DELETED. (NETHERLANDS NM 1918/81 & HYD/RNLN TELEX, DTD 13.7.81).
- NM 1686/81. 14.10.04 SHOWN IN 5135.733N, 0874315.337E [WGD] ON BA 1874 [INT 1474] [6TH EDN OCT '04, LARGEST SCALE REPRODUCTION]. NE 1874. 18.9.07 SHOWN AS WK SW 14.9MTRS [LAT] ON NETHERLANDS 110 [2007 EDN CO-PRODUCTION]. NE 110.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 35.709 N,3 15.336 E