This is the information page about the shipwreck Valkyrie, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 60 6.345 N,1 5.383 W (60.342516666667, -1.0269666666667)
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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: VALKYRIE
Length 22.6 meter, tonnage 68 ton
Cause: ran aground near bard head, bressay. was badly holed and sank very quickly.
Year of registration: 1991
Water depth above wreck: 45 meter
Known since: 1991, last detected: 2007
Details measurements/cartography: HH270/350/01 27.3.91 HH270/350/01 27.3.91 VESSEL SANK IN 600615.5N, 010516W [OGB]. (SHETLAND MRSC, 13.3.91 & LL 14.3.91). INS AS WK USC PA 45MTRS. BR STD. HH270/400/08 30.9.99 HH270/400/08 30.9.99 NDW PA IN 6006.38N, 0105.0W. (LERWICK HARBOUR TRUST, LETTER DTD 19.1.99). BELIEVED TO BE THIS WK. NFA. 9.11.00 9.11.00 [EUT] POSN: 6006.227N, 0105.383W. NE 3272. 8.10.07 SEP 2007/000074162 8.10.07 LOCATED & DIVED IN 6006.345N, 0105.061W IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS. UPRIGHT & LEANING AGAINST A ROCK LEDGE. (K HEATH, TELECON 8.10.07) CHARTED GEN DEPTH 45MTRS, AMEND TO WK 40MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
- NM 5113/07.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: STEEL HULL
Position: 60 6.345 N,1 5.383 W