This is the information page about the shipwreck Wrangels palais , the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 60 25.467 N,0 43.388 W (60.42445, -0.72313333333333)
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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: WRANGELS PALAIS
Length 38.1 meter, width: 11.3 meter
Cause: sank after striking a rock, in thick fog, while chasing barbary pirates. contemporary court martial records survive. (adu).
Year of registration: 1990
Water depth above wreck: 30 meter
Known since: 1990, last detected: 2017
Details measurements/cartography: HA141/02/01/02 6.9.90 AREA 100MTRS RADIUS CENTRED ON 602230N, 004316W [OGB] DESIGNATED AS A MATTER OF URGENCY AS RESTRICTED AREA UNDER PROVISIONS OF PROTECTION OF WKS ACT, 1973. WRECK TENTATIVELY IDENTIFIED AS DANISH 46 GUN WARSHIP WRANGELS PALAIS, WHICH SANK 1687. (DEPT OF TRANSPORT, 21.8.90). PLOTS IN 100MTRS - POSN QUERIED. LATITUDE SHOULD READ 602530N. SOME BRONZE CANNON WERE LIFTED BEFORE SITE DESIGNATED. (A MARGETTS, DOT, TELECON). NCA. HA141/02/01/02 23.1.91 AREA, 100MTRS RADIUS, CENTRED ON 602530N, 004316W [OGB] DESIGNATED AS PROTECTED WRECK SITE. (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT NO.2573 OF 1990). INS AS HISORIC WK WITH RESTRICTED AREA RADIUS 100MTRS.
- NM 316/91. 20.9.13 [WGD] POSN: 6025.467N, 0043.388W. 20.9.13 PREVIOUS DESIGNATION REVOKED. REDESIGNATED UNDER MARINE (SCOTLAND) ACT 2010 FROM 1.11.13. (P ROBERTSON, HISTORIC SCOTLAND LTR AMB/105 DTD 17.9.13). SEP 2017/000078339 20.12.17 NOT LOCATED BY MULTIBEAM SURVEY 2017. (MMT, HI 1512). HISTORIC WRECK. NFA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 60 25.467 N,0 43.388 W