This is the information page about the shipwreck Name nicht bekannt, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 53.91 N,3 36.753 W (57.97135, -3.3395666666667)

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.

Name: Name nicht bekannt

Length 29.8 meter, width: 5.5 meter

Cause:

Year of registration: 1926

Water depth above wreck: 52 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1984, last detected: 2007

Details measurements/cartography: PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT TO BE HMY VERONA. SEE [2091]. SANK OFF PORTMAHOMACK. (WW1SL). H4087/26 24.6.26 INS NDW (1917)(PA) IN 575000N, 034100W. BR STD. H(W)0202/50 24.6.55 NOT FOUND DURING A/S SEARCH. (HMS WELCOME). H454/67 13.8.76 NOT FOUND USING DCS3. NOT DISPROVED. (HMS ECHO, HI 80/75). H1310/84/40 15.11.84 THOUGHT BY LOCAL DIVERS TO BE WRECK IN 575354N, 033630W. POSN BY DECCA. STANDS APPROX 30FT ABOVE SEABED. LENGTH 80FT APPROX. (B. GREIG). 10.5.95 WRECK LOCATED 7.5.95 IN 575355.4N, 033646.5W [WGD] USING GPS. LENGTH 100FT. LIES NNE/SSW, BOW TO NNE. LEAST DEPTH 51MTRS IN GENERAL DEPTHS 57MTRS. REPORTEDLY UPRIGHT AND COMPLETELY INTACT WITH CONDENSOR VISIBLE. POSSIBLY A STEAM DRIFTER BUT NOT CONCLUSIVE. (J LEIGH, RAF KINLOSS). HH100/351/14 5.8.99 DIVED IN 5753.924N, 0336.775W [WGD] USING GPS. THE WK OF A S HERRING DRIFTER. UPRIGHT AND VIRTUALLY INTACT. STEEL HULLED AND HAS NO VISIBLE DAMAGE. ASSUMED THAT SHE SANK DUE TO FOUL WEATHER. WHEELHOUSE HAS BEEN SWEPT OFF WITH THE FUNNEL. MEASURED DIMENSIONS ARE LENGTH 98FT, BEAM 18FT AND STANDS 6FT HIGH. SCOUR IS QUITE LARGE BUT WK STANDS SOME 4MTRS ABOVE SEABED. NO NAME ON WK BUT BROKEN STONE JAR HAD DATE OF 1940. LIES IN 58MTRS AT MHWS. (J LEIGH/B HUMBY, LTR DTD 24.7.99). NCA. HH091/150/01 - SEP 2008/000007851 23.1.08 EXAM'D 15.6.06 IN 5753.910N, 0336.753W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 48.2 IN GEN DEPTH 52.0MTRS. SCOUR 2.3MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 8MTRS ALONG 170/350 DEGS AT THE BOW AND STERN. LENGTH 30MTRS, WIDTH 11MTRS, HT 3.6MTRS. LIES 000/180 DEGS. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 1150). AMEND WK 48MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: STEEL, INTACT, UPRIGHT, SCOUR 170/350 DEGS AT BOW/STERN

Position: 57 53.91 N,3 36.753 W

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