This is the information page about the shipwreck Wyre majestic (bow section), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 52.95 N,6 7.14 W (55.882816666667, -6.1208666666667)

The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, 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: WYRE MAJESTIC (BOW SECTION)

Length 40.2 meter, width: 8.2 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 338 ton

Cause: ran aground. passage oban for fleetwood. all of crew were saved.

Year of registration: 1974

Water depth above wreck: 9 meter

Known since: 1974, last detected: 2001

Details measurements/cartography: 22.10.74 22.10.74 AGROUND IN 555300N, 060722W. (LL 19.10.74). 8.11.74 8.11.74 STRANDED IN 555254N, 060712W. (LL 7.11.74). 17.12.74 17.12.74 CONSIDERED CTL. HAS BEEN SOLD AS LYING TO LEVEN DIVERS OF KINLOCHLEVEN. (LL 218). H2894/72 1.2.77 H2894/72 1.2.77 LIES IN 555258.5N, 060711.5W [OGB]. (HMS HECLA, HN DTD 1.12.76). POSN TAKEN FROM TRACING OF 2481. INS AS ST. BR STD. H2894/72 24.6.77 H2894/72 24.6.77 LIES IN 555257N, 060709W [OGB] ON ROCK FORESHORE & IS CONSPIC. (RFA BLUE ROVER, HN DTD 20.5.77). NCA. H2894/72 28.9.78 H2894/72 28.9.78 VISIBLE AT ALL STATES OF TIDE. (HMY BRITANNIA, HN DTD 30.8.78). H2894/72 2.1.80 H2894/72 2.1.80 REPD TO HAVE CHANGED REMARKABLY LITTLE SINCE FIRST REPORT IN 1977. (HMS HYDRA, 13.12.79). H6368/82 4.2.83 H6368/82 4.2.83 STILL INTACT. SLIGHT LIST TO PORT & DOWN A LITTLE BY THE STERN. APPEARS TO BE CORRECTLY CHARTED. (HMS EXCELLENT, PHOTO). H4458/80 4.9.85 H4458/80 4.9.85 WK LIES APPROX 1100FT DUE E OF BUNNAHABHAIN DISTILLERY CHIMNEY. RUSTY HULL AND WHITE ACCOMMODATION. VERY CONSPIC. (A F BROWN, HN DTD 30.6.85). NCA. HH272/410/03 5.3.01 HH272/410/03 5.3.01 DW IN 5553.00N, 0607.22W. (NORTHERN LIGHTS, TLX DTD 27.2.01). NCA. HH272/410/03 5.3.01 HH272/410/03 5.3.01 POSN 5552.95N, 0607.14W [WGD]. WK VISIBLE AT LW. (NLB, FAX DTD 1.3.01). NCA. HH272/410/03 5.3.01 HH272/410/03 5.3.01 CONFIRMED THAT THIS IS THE WYRE MAJESTIC WHICH AS BEEN MOVED BY RECENT BAD WEATHER. LIES IN 8MTRS WITH MAST SHOWING AT LW. (NLB, TELECON 5.3.01). HH272/410/03 12.3.01 HH272/410/03 12.3.01 WK HAS IN FACT BROKEN IN TWO. STERN PART REMAINS AS CHARTED ON ROCKS. BOW SECTION LIES IN 5552.95N, 0607.14W [WGD] WITH MAST SHOWING. (NLB, TELECON 12.3/01). SEE [59247] FOR STERN PART. INS DW (MAST).

- NM 1434/01. 12.12.10 SEP 2010/000212586 12.12.10 NOT LOCATED IN LISTED POSN BY M/B. MAY LIE CLOSER INSHORE. (NETSURVEY, HI 1329). COVER EXTENDS INSHORE VIRTUALLY TO EDGE OF DRYING ROCKS. RETAIN AS DW. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 55 52.95 N,6 7.14 W

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