This is the information page about the shipwreck Westhaven, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 28.249 N,0 1.371 E (58.183333333333, -13.95)
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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: WESTHAVEN
Length 20.1 meter, width: 6.4 meter
Cause: distress warning given by eprib. wreckage and one body found. 3 missing. wk located by rov. (ll).
Year of registration: 1997
Water depth above wreck: 139 meter
Known since: 1997
Details measurements/cartography: HH260/400/03 19.3.97 HH260/400/03 19.3.97 WK LOCATED BY ROV IN 582810N, 000117E. (LL 13.3.97). INS AS WK 120MTRS. BR STD. 27.3.97 27.3.97 TRAWL DOORS NOTED AS BEING JAMMED UNDER THE PIPER-CLAYMORE FIELD PIPELINE. FLOAT FREE LIFERAFT STILL ATTACHED TO VESSEL. BODY OF SKIPPER LOCATED IN WHEELHOUSE, OTHER 3 BODIES NOT ACCOUNTED FOR. (FISHING NEWS, 21.3.97). NCA. HH260/400/03 4.4.97 HH260/400/03 4.4.97 POSN CENTRED ON 582817.34N, 000128.23E [EUR]. LYING ON ITS SIDE. LENGTH 20MTRS, BEAM 6.25MTRS. (ELF EXPLORATION, FAX DTD 18.3.97). AMEND POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, ON ITS SIDE, WOODEN HULL
Position: 58 28.249 N,0 1.371 E