This is the information page about the shipwreck V 81, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 29.99 N,3 5.065 W (58.499833333333, -3.0844166666667)

 

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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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6. Bettina danica
7. Bountiful
8. Challenger
9. Clan mackinlay
10. Comet (probably)
11. Copeland
12. Corinthia (stern section)
13. Croma
14. Dromara
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16. Empire citizen
17. Empire parsons (possiby)
18. Freya (part of)(possibly)
19. Freya (possibly)
20. Fulmar (possibly)
21. Glen loth
22. Gunnaren
23. Hessen
24. Hms narborough
25. Hms opal
26. Hms roedean
27. Huntingdon
28. Intrepid ii
29. Invader
30. Johanna thorden
31. Kathe niederkirchner
32. Magnus
33. Moray
34. Neptune
35. Pennsylvania
36. Pitstruan (probably)
37. Prolific
38. Rein (possibly)
39. Rfa isleford
40. Rosebank (possibly)
41. Sandsend
42. Sound fisher
43. Stellatus
44. Sunbeam
45. Tern 1
46. Thunfisch
47. U 18 (probably)

 

Name: V 81

Length 82 meter, width: 7.3 meter, tonnage 1188 ton

Cause: bult in 1916 in germany. scuttled at scapa flow in 1919. was later raised but foundered in sinclairs bay after breaking loose in fog while under tow for rosyth. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1919

Water depth above wreck: 33 meter, Height above seabed: 326 cm

Known since: 1919, last detected: 20211119

Details measurements/cartography: H6248/37 20.9.37 SANK IN APPROX 583000N, 030500W. LATER SOLD FOR SCRAP. H2336/84 19.3.86 NOT FOUND DURING SHIP SONAR SEARCH. PRESUMED RAISED FOR SCRAP. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 246). 24.4.95 REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN FOUND 1/4 MILE FROM GRID REF ND 38/66. (REVIEVER OF WRECK, TELECON 24.4.95). NCA. RSDRA2022000131756 21.12.22 EXAM'D 19.11.21; IN 5829.990N, 0305.065W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 31.67MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 33MTRS. LENGTH 5.1MTRS, WIDTH 2.2MTRS, HT 1.4MTRS. ORIENTATION 146/326 DEGS. POINTED OBJECT WHERE THERE IS NO APPEARANCE OF A WRECK. WRECK IS NOT INTACT. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI1710 - H525-916). AMEND NDW 31MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 58 29.99 N,3 5.065 W

 

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