This is the information page about the shipwreck Viking queen, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 4.285 N,1 55.069 W (57.160566666667, -2.0339)
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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: VIKING QUEEN
Length 12.2 meter, tonnage 15 ton
Cause: took in water during rough weather. was abandoned by crew and taken in tow by fv loch maravaig for aberdeen. sank while under tow.
Year of registration: 1993
Water depth above wreck: 70 meter, Height above seabed: 30 cm
Known since: 1993, last detected: 2009
Details measurements/cartography: HH262/410/02 3.3.93 REPD SUNK IN 570406N, 015506W [OGB]. (MRSC ABERDEEN, TLX DTD 18.2.93). INS AS USCPA 55MTRS.
- NM 951/93. HH091/155/01 3.3.10 SEP 2010/000097684 EXAM'D 14.8.09 IN 5704.285N, 0155.069W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 67.10 IN GEN DEPTH 70.1MTRS. SCOUR 0.6MTR DEEP EXTENDS 14MTRS TOWARDS 320 DEGS. LENGTH 17MTRS, WIDTH 11MTRS, HT 3MTRS. LIES 030/210 DEGS. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT. (GARDLINE HYDRO, HI 1155). PROBABLY BOWS SSW. AMEND WK 67MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, ?BOWS SSW, MINOR SCOUR AT WK
Position: 57 4.285 N,1 55.069 W