This is the information page about the shipwreck Udea (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 40.519 N,5 47.89 W (55.675316666667, -5.7981666666667)
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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: UDEA (PROBABLY)
Length 33.7 meter, width: 5.5 meter, draught: 3.1, tonnage 157 ton
Cause: built in 1873 by schlesenger, davis & co, newcastle-upon-tyne. owned at time of loss by david macbrayne, glasgow. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 30 nhp, single shaft. machinery by gutch & co, north shields. passage glasgow for portness, hebrides. went ashore on cath sgeir and was wrecked in se force 2. (sibi).
Year of registration: 2012
Water depth above wreck: 58 meter, Height above seabed: 125 cm
Known since: 2012, last detected: 2014
Details measurements/cartography: 10.10.13 EXAM'D 5.12.12 IN 5540.519N, 0547.890W [WGD]. LEAST W/C DEPTH 57.23 IN GEN DEPTH 58.4MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 28.5MTRS, WIDTH 5.8MTRS, HT 4.60MTRS. LIES 125/325 DEGS WITH BOWS SE. INTACT, LISTS TO PORT. (NETSURVEY, HI 1370). INS AS WK 57MTRS. 24.10.13 LEAST M/B DEPTH 58.24MTRS. (SDC BATHY, EXAMINATION OF DIGITAL DATA). NCA. 9.9.14 DIVED 24.5.14 IN LISTED POSN. THIS IS PROBABLY SS UDEA. A REAR-ENGINED SS WITH ENGINES AFT. BOWS SW. DAMAGE TO BOWS WHICH LOOKS LIKE A SAW-TOOTH ALONG THE KEEL, HAVING COLLIDED WITH OBSTN. SINGLE HOLD. SIZE, LAYOUT AND DAMAGE TO BOWS SUGGESTS IDENTITY. (P MOIR, EMAIL DTD 8.9.14). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, BOWS SE, LISTS TO PORT
Position: 55 40.519 N,5 47.89 W