Wreck: Urlana (Steam ship)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Urlana, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 20.649 N,6 36.861 W (57.366666666667, -6.7833333333333)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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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Shipwreck details

Name: URLANA

Year of registration: 1968

Water depth above wreck: 14 meter

Known since: 1968, last detected: 1999

Details measurements/cartography: H3111/68 27.9.68 REPD IN 572119N, 063920W, LYING IN 20-30FT OF WATER. SOME DISPERSAL HAS APPARENTLY BEEN CARRIED OUT USING EXPLOSIVES. AREA AROUND THE WK IS QUITE DANGEROUS TO NAVIGATION DUE TO SHARP PINNACLES OF ROCK JUST BELOW THE SURFACE. (A ENTWHISTLE, 19.9.68). CHART AS DW. BR STD. 15.9.78 NOW CHARTED AS NDW. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 1795. H1310/81/11 2.7.81 TRUE POSN NOW REPD AS 572040N, 063648W [OGB]. LIES IN ABOUT 40-50FT OF WATER, CLOSE IN AGAINST BASE OF CLIFFS. A DISTINCTIVE ROCK PILLAR, SOME 60FT HIGH, STANDS OVER WK SITE. WK WELL BROKEN UP. A ROCK PINNACLE, AWASH AT LW, 25 YARDS FROM SHORE, IS ABOUT 20FT FROM BOILER. (C J ASTON, 25.6.81). NCA. BR STD. 29.11.99 29.11.99 WELL BROKEN UP BUT MASSIVE BOILERS STILL STAND. SHELLS AND AMMUNITION LYING ON SEABED. WRECKAGE WIDELY SPREAD AMONGST KELP. (DIVER MAGAZINE DEC'99)
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP, BOILERS REMAIN

Position: 57 20.649 N,6 36.861 W

 

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