This is the information page about the shipwreck Welfare, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 15.96 N,0 30.1 W (58.266, -0.50166666666667)
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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: WELFARE
Length 21 meter, tonnage 49 ton
Cause: repd taking in water and later sank in mountainous seas 60miles ne of peterhead. all crew saved.
Year of registration: 1979
Water depth above wreck: 110 meter
Known since: 1979
Details measurements/cartography: H3227/70 3.11.79 H3227/70 3.11.79 SANK IN 581600N, 003000W, 62MILES NE OF PETERHEAD. (MRCC ABERDEEN, TLX DTD 3.11.79). INS AS WK USC PA 110MTRS. (TONNAGE KNOWN).
- NM 40/80.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 58 15.96 N,0 30.1 W